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Toni Williams
Henry Anthony Williams (28 May 1939 – 1 October 2016), known professionally as Toni Williams or Antoni Williams, was a Cook Islands, Cook Island-born New Zealand pop singer, who began singing at the Gandhi Hall in Auckland City where he became a local sensation. Background Born Henry Anthony WilliamsRockhappen''Toni Williams MNZM''/ref> on 28 May 1939, in Parekura in the Avarua District of Rarotonga, he was the son of a doctor. Owing to his father's being employed by the New Zealand government, Williams' childhood was taken up by moving between Rarotonga and the outer Cook Islands. He moved to Auckland in 1950 at the age of 11 for schooling. As a youngster he injured himself playing football. With a hip condition as a result, he stayed at the Wilson Home for Crippled Children for a period of time. Career Williams cited his interest in the guitar and singing as coming from spending 13 months in hospital as a result of a football accident. Not long after his hospitalisation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Williams MNZM (cropped)
Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name. In Spanish language, Spanish, Italian language, Italian, Croatian language, Croatian and Finnish language, Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of the names derived from Antonius like Antonio (name), Antonio, Ante (name), Ante or Anttoni. In Danish language, Danish, English language, English, Finnish language, Finnish, Norwegian language, Norwegian and Swedish language, Swedish, it is a feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia (name), Antonia. In Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, it is a unisex name used as a diminutive form of both Antoniya and Anton (given name), Anton. Toñi is a Spanish feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia. Tóni a Hungarian language, Hungarian masculine given name used as a diminutive form of Antal (given name), Antal. It is sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of other names, such as Antonio, Antoine, Antonia or Antoinette. It is also sometimes a surname. Notable p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |