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How exactly did Jussi die? i know it was shortly after recording
turandot (a recording i tresure). I also remember hearing something
about him having a problem with alcohol, but im not positive about it.
Anyone know?
Zach

Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:39 am

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How exactly did Jussi die? i know it was shortly after recording turandot (a recording i tresure). I also remember hearing something about him having a problem...	strauss87	Jan 30, 2005 6:39 am
He died on his summerhouse Singö in the Stockholm archipelago. There was a heartattack and they say it was caused by his longtime-alcoholproblem. In the...	kat widholm katawid	Jan 30, 2005 7:09 pm
Zach, Jussi died on September 9, 1960 in his sleep from a heart attack.If you want to read more about him and his life Andrew Farkas several yearsago...	nhollan493@... tenorstar2001	Jan 30, 2005 8:37 pm
I can not totally reply with full knowledge but I was friendly with Robert Merrill who just recently passed away and his book Between Acts he devoted an entire...	nhollan493@... tenorstar2001	Jan 31, 2005 8:13 pm
Wow! that's impressive! Robert Merrill is another favorite of mine...i was so sad to hear of his passing. I hear that his recording of the Pearl Fishers duet...	strauss87	Feb 4, 2005 2:34 am
Zach, ' Jussi's commercial recording of Tosca was with the great Leonard Warren as Scarpia. I got to know Merrill because my late uncle was a boyhood friend of...	nhollan493@... tenorstar2001	Feb 4, 2005 12:10 pm
I just read the email in response to your inquiry as to Jussi's death. I read the Farkas biography about Jussi and I believe that he died in his sleep of a...	james hanrahan singfree23	Jan 30, 2005 9:30 pm

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