Rony Uzay Heparı (24 July 1969 – 31 May 1994) was a Turkish

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producer,

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and

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Biography

Uzay finished his education at Saint Benoit high school and proceeded to finish the

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section of the

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. First, he played piano in

Zuhal Olcay Zuhal Olcay (; born 10 August 1957) is a Turkish people, Turkish actress and singer. Biography Graduated from Ankara State Conservatory in 1976, she first started as a stage actress. She played in hit series :tr:Yeditepe İstanbul, Yeditepe İst ...

's album ''Küçük Bir Öykü Bu'' (This is a little story) and Akrep Nalan's album ''Dağ Çiçeği'' (Flower of the mountain). He later started working with

Sezen Aksu Sezen Aksu (; born Fatma Sezen Yıldırım; 13 July 1954) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and producer. She is one of the most successful Turkish people, Turkish singers, having sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Q ...

on numerous musical projects including her album named ''Deli Kızın Türküsü'' (The ballad of the crazy girl). His wife Zeynep Tunuslu (who had appeared on ''

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'' in 2011) was pregnant when Heparı died. Their son, Uzay Kanat Heparı, was born after his death. Heparı died on 31 May 1994 as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

Works

– ''Küçük Bir Öykü Bu'' (1989) *

– ''İki Çift Laf'' (1990) * Akrep Nalan – ''Dağ Çiçeği'' (1991) * Erol Evgin – ''Erol Evgin İle Yeniden'' (1991) * Aşkın Nur Yengi – ''Hesap Ver'' (1991) *

Sertab Erener Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964) is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she released her first studio album in the 1990s ...

– ''Sakin Ol!'' (1992) *

– ''Deli Kızın Türküsü'' (1993) *

Levent Yüksel Levent Uğur Yüksel (born October 21, 1964) is a Turkish pop singer and multi instrumentalist. He has been active in live music industry since 1993. Life Yüksel's interest in arts and music started in an early age. He started to play violin at ...

– ''Med Cezir'' (1993) * Aşkın Nur Yengi – ''Sıramı Bekliyorum'' (1993) *

Nükhet Duru Nükhet Duru (born 19 May 1954) is a Turkish singer. Career She started singing at Florya Deniz Club in Istanbul in 1971. She released her first 45 album ''Aklımda Sen Fikrimde Sen – Karadır Kaşların'' in 1974. It was followed by many sing ...

– ''Nükhet Duru'' (1994) *

– ''La'l'' (1994) * Demet Sağıroğlu – ''Kınalı Bebek'' (1994)

Filmography

* '' Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar'' (1992)

References

1969 births 1994 deaths Musicians from Istanbul Turkish record producers Turkish composers Turkish male film actors 20th-century Turkish composers Road incident deaths in Turkey Motorcycle road incident deaths Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery {{Turkey-bio-stub