"A thoroughbred musician with the heart in the right place": A popular German musician is dead - everyone knows his biggest hit.
- Gino Trovatello is dead.
- He was active in several well-known Cologne bands and worked with big stars.
- Biggest hit: "Who loves love" by Michelle , on whom he wrote.
Cologne - Gino Trovatello is dead. As the Express reports, he was discovered lifeless in his apartment. He was only 58 years old. His former bands mourn him on Facebook .
Gino Trovatello's name should be known to absolute fans and experts, but the musician's work is enormous. From 2007 to 2015 he was active as a guitarist for the Cologne cult band Räuber and also stepped in for the even better known Bläck Fööss group .
His influence was far from exhausted in the Cologne music scene, as the Express lists. He worked for world stars like Jennifer Rush , for the Danish Eurovision song contest winner The Olsen Brothers , according to discogs.com information, he was also involved in songs by Nino de Angelo and Bernd Stelter . He also toured with Howard Carpendale .
Cologne: Gino Trovatello wrote Michelle's Eurovision song contest hit
But the biggest hit with his participation is different - and probably still a German in the ear: Gino Trovatello was one of the songwriters of "Who loves life " - the song with which Michelle performed for Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest * in 2001. And took a strong eighth place *.
Cologne: Music scene mourns Gino Trovatello
The scene in Cologne has lost an absolute size - the grief is correspondingly great: "A thoroughbred musician with the heart in the right place", writes the band Kläävbotze on Facebook . The Bläck Fööss mourn in the following words: “With bewilderment and deep grief we learned that Gino Trovatello has left us. We lose a good friend, great producer and great musician who has been on stage with us at numerous session appearances and New Year's Eve concerts. RIP, your foals. "
And the robbers published a long, very emotional post: “Dear Gino, now you are with your beloved wife in heaven and with her for eternity. We extend our condolences to the entire Trovatello family, all surviving dependents, especially his two daughters and his parents, ”it says. The robbers remind that "his illness and the function as a predator could not be united under constant pressure to succeed".
Cologne: Music size Gina Trovatello died - cause of death unclear
The Trovatello family was hit hard: Gino Trovatello lost his wife Verena (56) to peritoneal cancer . He himself had cancer of the esophagus in 2013 , which he was able to defeat, according to Express .
The cause of death at Gino Trovatello was initially unclear. But according to Expres s , it was said from his environment that his health was more than bad lately.
There is also great mourning for a German soap star who was only 50 years old. Music legend Tony Allen has also died. And the "Scrubs" actor Sam Lloyd was also only 56 years old.
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