Piotr Stanisław Szczepanik (14 February 1942 – 20 August 2020) was a popular

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singer and actor. Some of his better known songs are ''Żółte Kalendarze'' ("Yellow calendars"), ''Kochać'' ("To love"), ''Goniąc kormorany'' ("Chasing cormorants"), and ''Nigdy więcej'' ("Never again"). Szczepanik was born in

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. From 1980 to 1989, he was involved with the

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movement. In 2008, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of

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. Szczepanik died on 20 August 2020, after years of dealing with illness.

Selected discography

* 1966 ''Piotr Szczepanik śpiewa'' * 1969 ''Największe przeboje'' * 1987 ''P. Szczepanik, największe przeboje'' * 1991 ''P. Szczepanik & Ricercar 64''

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Piotr Szczepanik
at filmpolski.pl * 1942 births 2020 deaths Musicians from Lublin Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta Polish pop singers 20th-century Polish male singers {{poland-singer-stub