Boney M's Bobby Farrell dies on tour, aged 61

Bobby Farrell, front man of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced. The singer was found dead in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, where he had. Bobby Farrell Roberto Alfonso Farrell (6 October 1949 - 30 December 2010) [2] was an Aruban dancer and singer. He was a member of the 1970s pop and disco group Boney M. [3] Biography Birth and early life Farrell was born and raised on the island of Aruba in the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies (later known as the Netherlands Antilles ).

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The charismatic frontman of Boney M, Bobby Farrell, has died on tour in St Petersburg after finishing a gig despite medical concerns. The 61-year-old, who brought the Caribbean carnival tradition. Performer Bobby Farrell, of the 1970s European chart-topping group Boney M, was found dead in his hotel bed Thursday while on tour in Russia, his agent said. Its male singer and dancer was Bobby Farrell, who has been found dead aged 61 in a hotel in St Petersburg the day after giving a performance of Boney M hits with his own group. Farrell was born. Farian found model-turned-singer Maizie Williams (originally from Montserrat ), Bobby Farrell, a dancer from Aruba, and singer Marcia Barrett from Jamaica who brought in singer Liz Mitchell, also from Jamaica and a former member of the Les Humphries Singers . 1976-1979: Take the Heat off Me and international success

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Bobby Farrell, the energetic frontman of 1970s disco band Boney M, died on Thursday (December 30) in his hotel room in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the age of 61. Bobby Farrell, the frontman of the 1970s disco group Boney M, died on the same day as Rasputin - the subject of one his biggest hits. 30 December 2010 • 11:39pm Farrell, 61, had performed in St. Bobby Farrell, frontman of the 1970s pop group Boney M, was found dead in his hotel bed in St. Petersburg on Thursday while on tour in Russia. He was 61. Farrell was discovered by hotel staff. Bobby Farrell, front man of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced. The singer was found dead in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, where he had been.

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Bobby Farrell, Boney M Singer, Dies at 61 B oney M frontman Bobby Farrell died of heart disease, Russian investigators said on Wednesday, almost a week after the singer was found dead in his. Bobby Farrell was the wild-haired, often bare-chested, in-your-face, gyrating, flamboyant frontman and showman of the group but, when they appeared on television to promote Top Ten hits such as. The disco ballad for which Bobby Farrell became most known was about the "Mad Monk" Rasputin. So it was an eerie irony that the sixty-one year old performer who was the sole male member of Boney M. Bobby Farrell's theatrical antics as he danced around his female bandmates added spice to Boney M's performances and drove their Eastern European fan base wild, but they were nowhere near the.

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Bobby Farrell did little singing on stage but would dance, often with his bare chest exposed, while the three women sang. The group sold more than 80 million records worldwide. They had their first big breakthrough in 1976 when "Daddy Cool" became the top recording in Germany, and then the top recording in Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Spain. BONEY M., Bobby Farrell, Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams, circa 1977 / Everett Collection. Farrell's daughter, Zanillya Farrell, later went on to argue that Farian caused a lot of turmoil over her father, depriving him of his rights over Boney M's hits, which affected him financially and caused him to lose all his income after the group split.