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Re: [Fans of Jussi Bjoerling] Bjoerling's Death


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
fifties they didn´t speak loud about this but some books and essays recently
tells about this in a very clean and sympathetic way. I don´t know if these
books are translated into english but incase i can higly recommend a book from
Yrsa Stenius called something liked "Until the wing is broken".
Jussi-greetings from a snowy Sweden
/Kat

strauss87 <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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





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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...
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Jan 30, 2005
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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
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Jan 30, 2005
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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...
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Jan 30, 2005
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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...
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Jan 31, 2005
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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
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Feb 4, 2005
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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...
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Feb 4, 2005
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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
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