Right now, July 14, Pilsen native Karel Gott would have celebrated his eighty fifth birthday. He’s additionally often remembered within the village in Rokycanska, the place he went as a toddler to go to his grandparents. He returned to Újezd u Svatého Kříž even later. He supported the village, chatted with the locals within the native pub and years in the past gave them his portray. In addition they devoted a memorial room to him within the inn, they usually set up exhibitions and different occasions associated to the legendary golden nightingale there.
When Karel Gott first grew to become critically unwell, they planted a linden tree in Újezd close to Svatého Kříž on Rokycanska. Right now, the tree within the village close to the church serves as a spot of worship, the place locals and guests often meet to recollect their favourite singer and “neighbor”. Gott has been going to the village since childhood to go to his grandparents, later to go to his cousin and associates. In accordance with the locals, he actually did not act like a celeb. He greeted everybody, exchanged just a few phrases or sat within the native pub. He did not sing, however he talked about his experiences.
Karel Gott died on October 1, 2019. In Újezd at the moment, the linden tree started to wither, and the locals noticed a sure symbolism in it. About 2 hundred individuals got here to say goodbye to him on the assembly. They nonetheless meet there in smaller numbers. There may be even a memorial room with dozens of reveals within the pub there. Probably the most useful is the portray that Karel Gott himself devoted to his beloved village. It’s a portray of a younger lady known as “On the Outdated Bleach”. Along with him, there are album covers, a hockey jersey by Jaromír Jágr and a lot of photographs and portraits of the golden nightingale. He final visited Újezd in the summertime of 2019 as a part of the filming of the biographical documentary Karel.
