Adnan Şenses (21 August 1935 – 25 December 2013) was a Turkish musician and actor.

Biography

Şenses was born on 21 August 1935 in

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. He is uncle of actresses

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and Nilgün Bubikoğlu. He was schooled in Ankara and continued his education later at

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neighborhood of

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district in

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. In 1956, he began his singing career. Şenses was employed by Radio Ankara, where he served 16 years long. Then, he appeared on the stage of many major music halls, and played in a total of 47

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films. He released 54 rpms, 29 (7 of them were LPs) albums during his music career.

Death

Şenses died of

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on 25 December 2013 at the age of 78 in an Istanbul hospital after two weeks of hospitalization. He had been suffering from

stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the Gastric mucosa, lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a numb ...

for about three years. He was buried at the

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following a religious funeral held at

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. He was survived by his wife Lale Şenses.

Discography

Filmography

References

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