Robertos Konstantinos Williams (
Greek: Ροβέρτος-Κωνσταντίνος Ουίλιαμς, 4 December 1949 – 21 August 2022), best known as Robert Williams (Greek: Ρόμπερτ Ουίλιαμς), was a Greek singer and composer.
Life and career
Born in
Athens
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to a British father and a Greek mother, Williams began his career as guitarist and singer of the rock band
Poll.
He started his solo career in 1974, and in 1976 he had his major hit with the song "Μίλα μου" ("Talk to Me").
In 1977, together with singers Pascalis, Marianna Toli and
Bessy Argyraki
Bessy Argyraki is a Greek pop music, pop singer who started her career in the mid 1970s and recorded albums until the mid '90s. She has represented Greece in many International festivals and won many prizes. She has released a single and an albu ...
he entered the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
, placing fifth with the song "Mathema Solfege".
Close to
New Democracy, he composed the anthem of the party in 1982.
He was also active as a
score composer.
Williams died of
pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...
on 21 August 2022, at the age of 72.
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1949 births
2022 deaths
Singers from Athens
Greek pop singers
Greek male singers
Greek composers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1977
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Greece
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Greek people of British descent
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