At the end of the year, we have one more balance sheet, a sadder one. A lot of famous personalities went to the starry sky this year, for example the movie Albus Dumbledore alias Michael Gambon or the great singers Naďa Urbanková, Yvonne Přenosilová and Sinéad O’Connor. Let’s remember their life and brilliant career.
Tina Turner
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Tina Turner was an element – her last concert tour was in 2009 Photo: Profimedia.cz
This May, the queen of rock’n’roll, the unique Tina Turner, died. She was 83 years old and had struggled with major health issues over the years – bowel cancer, stroke and high blood pressure. The last years she lived in Switzerland with her husband, who donated a kidney to her. She became famous in the seventies when she performed with her first husband, Ike Turner, but he made her life hell.
TIP: You can reminisce about her life and brilliant music career thanks to the 2021 biographical film Tina, which you can find on the HBO menu.
Matthew Perry
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Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing in the fifth series of Friends (1998) Photo: Profimedia.cz
The whole world suffered a shock when the news came about the death of actor Matthew Perry, who was only 54 years old. His most famous role was as the sarcastic prankster Chandler Bing on the iconic series Friends. He died in his home, drowned in a hot tub. Recently, the cause of death was also revealed, which was the use of the drug ketamine, which he took to relieve anxiety and depression. He struggled with various addictions throughout his life, mainly alcohol and painkillers, but the autopsy report confirmed that he had been abstinent for 19 months. His series colleagues were devastated, because it was not just a work team – they were like family.
Zdena Hadrbolcová
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Zdena Hadrbolcová in a photo from 2008 Photo: Profimedia.cz
The popular actress Zdena Hadrbolcová died in November at the age of 86 in a hospital for long-term patients. Her nickname was “movie mom”, she played countless roles during her acting career. However, she never had children herself, the responsibility scared her. She is most famous for her roles in the film Jumping over puddles again, Flying Chestmír or, more recently, Růza from the endless series Ulice.
Michael Gambon
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Michael Gambon in the role of Albus Dumbledore, here in the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Photo: Profimedia.cz
Fans of the wizarding world of Harry Potter have lost the greatest wizard of all time, Albus Dumbledore, for the second time. In the film, the character was portrayed by two actors – Michael Gambon joined the third part (Prisoner of Azkaban) after Richard Harris, who died of cancer during filming. Michael Gambon passed away at the age of 82 of pneumonia. In addition to the Potter saga, he was also very successful on stage, and was even Queen Elizabeth II. knighted.
Karel Schwarzenberg
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Karel Schwarzenberg died on November 11 in Vienna, where he was briefly hospitalized in a hospital Photo: Profimedia.cz
An important Czech politician and a man with a special charm. Karel Schwarzenberg was buried on December 9 in the tomb at Orlík – a day before his 86th birthday. He belonged to a noble family, was the Chancellor of President Václav Havel, a Prague senator and also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2009, he founded the TOP 09 political party together with Miroslav Kalousko. In 2012, he also ran for the post of president, when his opponent was Miloš Zeman. And he was also a magnet for women…
Naďa Urbanková
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The singer loved bold glasses. The photo is from her 1980s concert Photo: Karel Kopáč / CNC / Profimedia, Profimedia.cz
Big glasses and a voice like a bell. Naďa Urbanková died at the age of 83 in hospital, the cause was complications related to cancer and the recently experienced covid, as her daughter Yanna Fabian wrote on social networks. And she stood on stage three years ago, because she gave herself a concert for the jubilee. She became famous mainly thanks to the Semafor theater, where she performed in the 1960s and 1970s, and the films Ostře slavná vlaky or Na samote u lesa. She was also a five-time Golden Nightingale. Her best-known songs are Závidím, Vilém peche housky or Svatební próvod.
Yvonne Prenosilová
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Singer Yvonne Přenosilová in 2013 Photo: Profimedia.cz
Another Czech singer went to singing heaven this year. Yvonne Přenosilová died at the age of 76 from organ failure. In the music field, she mainly belonged to the sixties, when she impressed with her songs that combined rock’n’roll and R&B – she is considered a pioneer of these styles in our country. Who doesn’t know her Shoes Against Love, I Like Bob or Teardrop? She also worked in the Semafor theater and achieved success outside Czechoslovakia, especially in Great Britain. After signing the Two Thousand Words manifesto, she emigrated to Germany, where she worked as a flight attendant. She returned to her native land after the Velvet Revolution.
Jana Šulcová
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Jana Šulcová in 2016 Photo: Profimedia.cz
The actress, who is probably best known to the public from the film The world is fun with you, as the mother of Matýsk, Bertík and Kačenka. Jana Šulcová died this year at the age of 67. In addition to the immortal comedy, she also starred in the TV series Everyone Must Go to School or There Was Once a House. The last time you could see her was in the movie Cobras and Snakes (2015), where she starred with the Hádk brothers and portrayed their alcoholic mother. She also had problems with him in real lifeat a time when she was divorcing her ex-husband Oldřich Vízner.
Sinead O’Connor
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Singer in 1989 Photo: Profimedia.cz
The author of the hit song Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O’Connor died suddenly at the age of 56, the family refused to disclose the cause of death. The Irish singer stood out with her voice and also with her shaved head, which she wore almost all her life. She suffered from bipolar disorder and severe depression, which she made no secret of, and also had to deal with the loss of her seventeen-year-old son. The last time she sang the opening song for the seventh season of the series Cizinka The Skye Boat Song.
2023-12-29 04:01:24
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