Schlager singer died: She lived in Munich for a long time - and holds an unusual record with a song
Created: 02/14/2022, 05:20
By: Armin T. Linder
A clip from Nora Nova's single cover for I'm No Angel I'm A Beast.
© Ariola
The Schlager scene mourns the loss of a singer who looked back on an eventful life - she also lived in Munich for a long time.
Sofia – Mourning for Nora Nova: The hit singer and Eurovision Song Contest participant died at the age of 93.
This is reported by the Bulgarian portal
lupa.bg
, among others .
Her death was also confirmed by friends and relatives.
Various ESC portals such as
escunited.com
and
esc-kompakt.de also
report on it.
The cause of death was not initially disclosed.
Nora Nova can look back on an eventful life.
Schlager singer Nora Nova is dead – she represented Germany at the ESC
Ahinora Kumanova, her real name, was the first Bulgarian to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest.
But not for her home country: she competed for Germany in 1964.
Participation was unsuccessful: with 0 points, she ended up shared last place.
To this day, she still holds an unusual record with her contribution: "You get used to beauty so quickly" is the song with the longest title in the history of the competition.
The Schlager singer had already landed her biggest hit before: The song "Männer gibt's wie Sand am Meer" (later covered by the band Ideal) reached
number 20 in the German charts in 1963 according to the
official charts.de.
Her "You're so nice when you smile, Chéri" (see video below) also brought her success, with which she took fourth place at the German Schlager Festival in 1961.
Schlager singer Nora Nova lived in Munich for a long time after the end of her career
According to
lupa.bg
, Kumanova managed to leave Bulgaria in 1960 after a marriage of convenience, she fled via the GDR to West Germany, where she became a hit star as Nora Nova.
But soon after she took part in the ESC, she left the music limelight: she lived in Wuppertal and Munich for a long time, where she opened fashion and antique shops.
She was also reportedly active in the hospitality industry.
Kumanova later moved back to Bulgaria and became involved in politics there.
Now the eventful life of the hit star has come to an end.
"Rest in peace, Nora Nova" is just one of many expressions of grief at
esc-kompakt.de
.
Another Schlager legend, who lived in Munich for a long time, recently passed away.
(lin)
