Milan Dufek (6 May 1944 in
Prague – 17 November 2005 in
San Andrés, Colombia)
was a Czech singer, composer, guitarist and flautist. He was a co-founder of the Czech
pop folk
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band
Rangers
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.
Dufek and Antonín Hájek founded The Rangers in 1964. The band was renamed ''Plavci'' (Swimmers) in 1971 due to concerns about sharing its name with "American killers in Vietnam" (the
United States Army Rangers).
Band member Radek Tomášek left Plavci in 1973 due to rivalry with Dufek. The band's name reverted to ''Rangers'' in 1989.
Dufek was the composer of several successful songs.
He founded the Nadace Dětské Srdce (Children's Heart Foundation) to support treatment for pediatric heart defects.
Dufek died in 2005 in a
scuba diving accident on the island of
San Andrés, Colombia, when he collided with a boat.
References
1944 births
2005 deaths
Czech male composers
Czech folk musicians
Czech guitarists
Male guitarists
Czech male singer-songwriters
Sport deaths in Colombia
Underwater diving deaths
Czechoslovak male singers
Folk-pop singers
20th-century guitarists
20th-century Czech male singers
Musicians from Prague
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