Witold Stefan Paszt (1 September 1953 – 18 February 2022) was a Polish singer, founder and vocalist of the '' Vox'' band.

Career

Born in

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, Paszt began his musical career in 1977, in the ''Victoria Singers'' group he founded. In 1978, he founded the band ''Vox'', with which he released several albums: ''Vox'' (1979), ''Monte Carlo Is Great'' (1981), ''Sing, sing, sing'' (1986), ''Vox 2'' (1989), ''The greatest hits'' (1993), ''The Best of Vox'' (1994), ''Wonderful Journey'' (1996) and ''Fashion and Love'' (1998). It was a male vocal quartet composed of: Andrzej Kozioł, Ryszard Rynkowski (who started his solo career in 1987) and cousins: Witold Paszt and Jerzy Słota. They played dozens of concerts in Poland, and also gave concerts in the Netherlands, Sweden, the United States and Cuba. In the spring of 2005, Paszt participated in the first edition of the

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entertainment program '' Dancing with the Stars''. Hand in hand with Anna Głogowska, he took second place in the final. In 2021 and 2022, he was one of the coaches of the second edition of '' The Voice Senior'' on

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. The finale of his second season took place thirteen days before his death.

Personal life

He was married to Marta Paszt (died 2018), with whom he had two daughters (Aleksandra and Natalia). He lived in

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and

Death

He died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 68, in

. According to information provided by his family, Paszt struggled with serious complications from

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after contracting it a third time.

Filmography

* 2005: ''Lonely Hearts Clinic'' as himself * 2016: ''A wedding in a cottage'' as the King of the Gypsies * 2017: ''Stars'' as

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* 2018: ''Singles Planet 2'' as himself

References

External links

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