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Biography, life story of Demis Roussos
Demis Roussos is a Greek singer.
Childhood
Artemios (Demis) Venturis Roussos was born on June 15, 1946 in Alexandria (Egypt). He became the first son of his parents Nelly and Yorgos. During the Suez crisis, the fairly well-to-do Roussos family with their second son Kostas left Egypt, leaving their property there and returned to the homeland of their ancestors in Greece.
Demis’s craving for creativity in general and music in particular can be called hereditary. The mother of the future singer Nelly Mazlum was a professional dancer. His dad Yorgos, although he earned the family’s bread by working as an engineer, played the guitar excellently. Only gifted children could be born to such an exceptionally talented couple. And so it happened...
When Demis was still a child, his parents sent him to study at music school. There Demis received his first skills in playing the guitar, trumpet, double bass, and even such a difficult instrument to master as the organ.
The beginning of the way
In the mid-sixties, Athens began to flourish travel business, which in turn gave support to numerous bands from this city, who mostly performed cover versions of famous Western hits, especially from England and the United States. Demise played in many of these bands, both as a trumpeter (American trumpeter Harry James was a major influence on him) and bassist. But only in the group We Five did Demis manage to demonstrate his singing abilities to the public. The band's vocalist decided to take a break from performing and this allowed Demis to sing a cover version of the hit Animals House of the Rising Sun. Demis performed this song night after night, after which he also sang When a Man Loves a Woman and Black is Black at the group’s concerts.
While performing in large hotels in Athens, such as the Hilton, Demis met many musicians, including Vangelis Papathanassiou, leader of the band Formix, with whom Demis became very close friends. Together with Agyrilos Koulouris and Lucas Sideras, they founded the group Aphrodite's Child (the name was coined for them by Lou Reisner), which won worldwide acclaim. The Plastics' first two recordings, Nevermore and The Other People, were made for Phonogram in Greece and were received with great enthusiasm in Europe, particularly in London and Paris. At the beginning of 1968, they received and gladly accepted an offer to go to London.
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However, they had to face a number of difficulties: at that time it was very difficult to obtain a work permit, especially in England. In addition, Agirilos Koulouris was drafted into the army, so the three remaining members of the group gathered in Paris, where Phongram producer Pierre Sberra recorded their single Rain and Tears.
Aphrodite's Child were lucky in that they recorded the single "Rain and Tears" at this time: major riots in Paris in May 1968 brought the French economy into a state of stagnation. The single instantly became a European hit and the group's first giant disc, End of the World, appeared on the shelves in the fall of 1968. The song of the same name as the album failed, but in the summer of 1969 a version of the song Plaisir d'Amour, in the band's arrangement it was called I Want to Live, topped all European charts. The song's predecessor was a rock 'n' roll record, Let Me Love, Let Me Be, released at the end of 1969, but which received recognition only in France and Italy, while in other countries they preferred to listen to Marie-Jolie's song on the side." B".
The second album, It's Five O'clock, was released in March 1970, the album's title track became a hit on the singles charts, followed by "Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall" in the summer of the same year.
When Aphrodite's Child began recording their third and final album, 666, Silver Coulouris returned to the group as the fourth member, but trouble lay ahead. Vangelis wrote almost all the music for the group, thus earning good money from publications, while the rest of the group had to rely only on what they earned at concerts. And since Vangelis preferred to be in the studio, working on “his” music, he regularly canceled performances, which, in turn, hit the pockets of others. Everything came to a head during the recording of the album “666” and as a result Demis and Lucas separated in 1971. Vangelis at the same time added the finishing touch to the last Aphrodite’s Child album.
Demis's first solo album, On the Greek Side of My Mind, was released in November 1971. His second solo single, No Way Out, was released in March 1972, but unfortunately was a failure. However, his third single, My Reason, became a worldwide hit in the summer of 1972. A second solo album was accordingly recorded and released in April 1973, preceded by the single Forever and Ever, which became a true classic (it sold more than 12 million copies). Forever and Ever had no less than six hit songs, including Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye, Velvet Mornings, Lovely Lady of Arcadia, My Friend the Wind and My Reason.
So, in 1973, Demis was at the top of his success in Europe, Latin America and Canada and has performed in concerts around the world. In 1974, during his first concert at the Ahoy in Rotterdam (Holland), he performed his new single “Someday Somewhere” for the first time. This became the harbinger of his third solo album My Only Fascination. In 1975, Demis's three albums Forever and Ever, My Only Fascination and Souvenirs topped the top ten best albums in England. For the first time in history, the “forty-five” record entered the singles charts. It was called the "Roussos Phenomenon".
Demis gained his popularity mainly thanks to his concert performances, which brought him an incredible number of fans. This was noticed by the BBC, who made a 50-minute special special report"The Roussos Phenomenon", which subsequently made a real splash. At the same time in Germany, Roussos became a star with hits such as Goodbye, Mo Love, Goodbye, Schones Madchen Aus Arcadia, Kyrila and Auf Wiedersehn. Most of these songs were written by Leo Leandros, who was also the record producer.
France has always been Demise's second home, and in an artistic sense, his first. Therefore, it became natural that in 1977 he recorded a French album. The song, which bears the same name as the album Ainsi Soit-il, became a hit. Demis and Vangelis teamed up again and Vangelis produced Demis' album Magic in 1977. The song Because from this album became a mega-hit in many countries, including France, where it was called Mourir Aupres De Mon Amour. This song became one of the biggest hits ever released. In 1978, Demis went to the United States. Top producer Freddie Perren (Gloria Gaynor, Tavares) was brought in to adapt Roussos' style for the American music market. Despite the fact that both the single That Once a Lifetime and the album Demis Roussos achieved success with Uncle Sam, the tour did not live up to great hopes. 1979 was the year for a united Europe.
Demis's album Universum was released that year in no less than four languages: French, German, Italian and Spanish. Demis achieved the greatest success with this album in Italy and France, which was facilitated by the hit Loin Des Yeux, Loin Du Coeur. An album was released in Australia and New Zealand - a collection called "The Roussos Phenomenon", which then sold quite well.
David McKay was invited to produce the 1980 album Man of the World. The song Lost in Love, performed as a duet with Florence Warner, became a big hit. Harry Nilsson's arrangement of The Wedding Song from the musical Zapata became a big hit in France and Italy, and his version of Sorry (written by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost of ) was a big hit in England. A vocal version of Chariots of Fire was produced by Vangelis in 1981. Race to the End was the precursor to the Demis album.
In 1982, Demis surprised everyone with the album Attitudes - perhaps the best he recorded. The album was produced by Rainer Pietsch of Tangerine Dream. The album Attitudes included the songs Follow Me and House of the Rising Sun. Unfortunately, the album was not a commercial success, so Demis and Vangelis decided to record new album with cover versions of hits from the fifties and sixties called Reflections.
He then went to Holland and recorded the single Island of Love, which could be considered his comeback in the spring of 1986. The follow-up to this single, the song Summerwine (originally recorded for a TV show) and the album Greater Love, were released in August 1986.
In 1987, Demis returned to the studio to work on an album with digital recordings of versions of his greatest hits. He also recorded his first Christmas album and two songs for a French company - Les Oiseaux De Ma Jeunesse and Quand Je t'Aime. The last song was originally recorded on the B side, but it was expected to be a great success at discos in France, Belgium and Switzerland. The CD Time was released in 1988, the song of the same name was also released as a single, followed by the 1989 album Voice and Vision. The song On Ecrit Sur Les Murs from this album became a big hit in France.
The albums The Story of... and X-Mas Album, released in 1992 by Arcade, became very successful for Demis. A number of new songs were recorded on both albums. Both albums attracted attention in France and Germany.
1993 became important year for the singer, because that year marked the 25th anniversary of Demis Roussos' career. First came the release of the new album Insight, which included a modern version of the song Morning Has Broken. This composition was released as a single, followed by concerts in 1993.
Demis toured all over the world. Concerts in Moscow, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro and Dubai became part of his life.
Tragic accident
On July 14, 1985, Demis and his friend Pamela flew from Athens to Rome. Their plane was hijacked by terrorists and Demis was held hostage in Beirut for seven days. It is noteworthy that the attackers recognized Demis popular singer. They treated him more politely than the other hostages, asked him to sing for them every day and even asked the artist for an autograph, but this did not change the essence - Roussos was a hostage, he was not free, he was held by force.
After the rescue, Demis was under terrible stress. The only thing that could help Demis overcome this mental trauma was to take up music again. And he plunged headlong into work...
However, there was a good side to this bad story. Due to the stress he experienced, Demis lost a lot of weight. In the early 1980s, the singer's weight reached almost 150 kilograms. No diet or exercise helped. For ten months after the terrible incident, Demis kept losing weight and losing weight... As a result, he managed to lose as much as 50 kilograms. And a little later he even wrote the book “How I Lost Weight.”
Personal life
Demis was married four times. He had children - son Cyril and daughter Emilia. Cyril chose the profession of a DJ and settled in Greece, while Emilia wanted to live in Paris.
Death
Demis Roussos passed away on January 25, 2015. It was decided to bury his body in the First Cemetery of Athens.
During his career, singer Demis Roussos has sold 100 million albums, becoming Greece's most successful artist. Despite the fact that today the artist who participated in the recording of the soundtracks for the films “Chariots of Fire” and “Blade Runner” is no longer alive, according to music lovers, the unique creativity of the vocalist will exist as long as in the hearts and memories of the faithful fans hear his amazing voice.
Childhood and youth
Artemios Venturis Roussos was born on June 15, 1946 in the city of Alexandria (Egypt) located in the Nile River Delta. He became the first son (he has a younger brother Kotas) of his parents Nelly and Yorgos. During the Suez crisis, the Roussos family changed their place of residence, moving to the homeland of their ancestors in Greece. Demis's craving for art was passed on to him by inheritance. The future singer’s mother, Nelly Mazlum, was a professional dancer, and father Yorgos, although he earned his living as an engineer, played the guitar excellently.
It's no surprise that such an exceptionally talented couple has children memorizing mathematical formulas and the study of chemical compounds from childhood preferred creative self-realization. Demis grew up as a smart and talented boy. He sang well, so his parents sent him to the choir of the Greek Byzantine church. The five years spent there were not in vain: Roussos studied music theory, learned to play the double bass, trumpet and even the organ.
Music
In 1963 Roussos met talented musicians who, like him, wanted to make a successful career. Soon the group “Aphrodite's Child” appeared, in which Demis became the vocalist. The compositions “The other people” and “Plastics nevermore” brought the group their first fame. In 1968, a military coup took place in Greece, and Roussos and his rock band left for Paris.
There he launched an active creative activity, and soon all of France was talking about “Aphrodite's Child”. The song “Rain and tears” rose to the top of the charts in Europe in a couple of days. It was followed by the release of the albums “End of the world” and “It's five o'clock”. Despite the growing popularity, Demis decided to leave the group and start solo career. The last album "Aphrodite"s Child" - "666" - was finalized and released after the breakup of the group.
Solo career
In 1971, Roussos's first solo disc, Fire and Ice, was released. Two years later, a new work by the artist, “Forever and Ever,” appeared on store shelves. The record contained no less than six hit compositions (“Goodbye may love”, “Velvet mornings”, “Lovely lady of Arcadia”, “My friend the wind” and “My reason”). A video clip was shot for the track “Forever and ever”.
In 1973, the performer of the song “Adagio” already performed in concerts around the world. In 1974, at a concert in Holland, the vocalist performed the single “Someday somewhere”. This composition became the harbinger of the third album “My only fascination”. In 1975, three works by Demis - “Forever and ever”, “My only fascination” and “Souvenir” - topped the top ten albums in England.
The album “Universum” (1979), released in four languages, was popular in Italy and France. The record owes its success to the singles “Loin des yeux” and “Loin du coeur” released a month before the release.
In 1982, “Attitudes” appeared on the shelves, but the album was not a commercial success. To rehabilitate himself in the eyes of his listeners, Demis recorded new job with cover versions of tracks from the fifties and sixties called "Reflections". Then the singer went to Holland, where he recorded the singles “Island of love” and “Summerwine”, and also released the album “Greater love”.
In 1987, the vocalist returned to his native land to work on an album with digital recordings of versions of his greatest hits. A year later, the album “Time” was released. The song of the same name as the work was also released as a single.
1993 was marked by the release of the album Insight, which included a modern version of the composition “Morning has broken.” Three albums were released between 2000 and 2009: "Auf meinen wegen", "Live in Brazil" and "Demis".
Personal life
Despite the fact that in the amorous piggy bank of the charismatic musician, in addition to his wives, there were hundreds of people bewitched by his voice, Roussos did not like to touch on the topic of his personal life. The first wife of the Greek singer was a girl named Monique. Young people legalized their relationship at the very beginning creative path Demis. The young lady, who gave the vocalist a daughter, Emily, refused to share her husband with his fans.
Realizing that her husband preferred fame and glory to a quiet family life, the woman, a couple of months after giving birth, filed for divorce and infant She left in her arms for France to visit her relatives. Less than a year after the breakup of the family, the artist married for the second time. The singer's chosen one was called Dominica. The girl gave birth to a wife and heir, who was named Cyril.
The young lady, blinded by love, did not believe the materials regularly published in newspapers about her husband’s affairs and firmly believed that her husband remained faithful to her during tours. This continued until Roussos himself confessed to his wife that he had committed adultery at one of the concerts. Dominique could not forgive the betrayal.
True, unlike the first wife, the woman did not take the child, considering it expedient to leave her son in the care of Demis’s mother in Greece. Roussos' next wife was the American model Pamela. The singer of the song “Goodbye, my love, goodbye” met the fashion model in a bookstore. Even before legitimizing their relationship, the lovers found themselves on the brink of life and death.
In June 1985, the couple became hostages on an Athens-Rome flight. Then militants from the Hezbollah group held plane passengers at gunpoint for a week and even shot one person in front of adults and children present on the charter.
At that time, Demis was also known in Arab countries, so when the terrorists recognized him as a popular performer, Roussos had to perform songs for the invaders. Having recovered from the shock a couple of months after release, the couple legalized their relationship. True, this union also fell apart.
Roussos's longest marriage was an affair with his last wife Marie-Therese, a French woman who worked as a yoga instructor. They met in 1994. Then Marie, leaving everything behind, went to Greece for her beloved. It is worth noting that until the end of his days, the eminent artist never proposed marriage to his beloved, preferring cohabitation to a legal relationship.
Death
The talented musician died on January 25, 2015. The singer’s relatives did not want the news of Demis’s sudden death to negatively affect the parliamentary elections that were scheduled for that day, so the press learned about the artist’s death only on January 26. Fans were alarmed by the secrecy of the relatives, who did not disclose the cause of death of the eminent composer and for a long time could not decide on the date and place of the funeral ceremony.
As often happens, people who were kept in the dark began to put forward their own versions of what happened. According to the first theory, the artist died from an exacerbation of a chronic disease that occurred against the background of his obesity; according to the second, Roussos died from a fatal disease, which he deliberately did not report to the media.
A little later I clarified the situation own daughter Demisa - Emilia. The girl gave an interview for one of the French magazines, in which she stated that her father had been battling pancreatic cancer for a couple of years. It was this terrible diagnosis that interrupted the tenor’s eventful life. The funeral ceremony took place on January 30 of the same year. Demis's grave is located in the First Cemetery of Athens, where, according to tradition, only noble and famous Greeks are buried.
Discography
- 1971 – “Fire and ice”
- 1974 – “Forever and ever”
- 1974 – “My only fascination”
- 1982 – “Attitudes”
- 1984 – “Reflection”
- 1979 – “Universum”
- 1980 – “Man of the world”
- 1989 – “My friend the wind”
- 1993 – “Insight”
- 1995 – “Gold”
- 1996 – “Too many dreams”
- 2000 – “Auf meinen wegen”
- 2006 – “Live in Brazil”
- 2009 – “Demis”
The other day, a pop legend and an entire era passed away musical history, famous singer with Greek roots of Demis Roussos. The artist died in a hospital in his homeland in Athens. Until now, the details of Roussos' death remained unclear, as close stars kept them secret. But the musician’s daughter decided to be the first to talk about her father and why he died.
The woman gave a short interview to a French publication in which she said that Demis Roussos suffered from cancer. She also described her relationship with the musician, saying that he was “more of an artist than a father.” The Greek singer, whose real name is Artimios Venturis Roussos, has been performing on stage for almost five decades. A few days later he had a concert planned in Moscow in honor of the 50th anniversary of his creative activity. But now Russian fans of Roussos can only mourn their idol.
Demis Roussos died last Sunday
From cancer at 9.30 local time last Sunday. They say that the artist suffered for a long time from cancer of the stomach, pancreas and liver. “Our family members, including myself, were shocked. Although I knew that he had been ill for the last few months, and I understood perfectly well that one day this moment would come. My brother, my mother and I were with him in the last hours of his life,” the daughter said about the death of her father Demis Roussos.
The singer died of cancer
Emily Roussos also said that the funeral ceremony will take place on Friday at one of the largest cemeteries in Athens. She added that each of the singer’s fans can come to the ceremony and pay tribute and respect to the artist. “The ceremony will be open to journalists, fans and fans. My father's friends, other musicians and other people who looked up to him will be present,” Emily said.
The artist suffered from stomach and pancreatic cancer
Demis Roussos was born in Alexandria (Egypt) in 1946, his parents were from Greece. The boy was brought up in musical family, so it was as if the fate of an artist was destined for him.In 1963, at the age of 16, Demis Roussos created music group. But success came to the artist only 10 years later with the album “Forever & Ever”. Demis left two children - daughter Emily and son Cyril, who also followed in his father's footsteps and began to study music.
Legendary artist in his youth
Demis Roussos will be buried on Friday in Athens
Demis Roussos was called a living legend of music and a unique singer who had amazing talent. His death shocked the whole world, which continues to grieve about the great loss.
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For the whole musical career Demis Roussos has sold more than one hundred million copies of his albums. These numbers seem simply incredible! So how did Demis build such a dizzying career? About this and others interesting facts Read more about his biography in our article!
Demis Roussos: biography
During his creative career, this Greek performer wrote about forty-two albums, selling one hundred million copies. Today Demis is no longer alive, but despite this, fans of his work still remember and love the singer, and thousands of covers of his songs are recorded to this day.
Childhood and youth
Demis was born on June 15, 1946 in the city of Alexandria, Egypt. He was the first-born, and also his parents, Nelly and Yorgos, after some time had a second son, Kotas, who became Demis’s younger brother.
During a serious crisis, the family of the future singer was forced to change their place of residence - they moved to the homeland of their ancestors, to Greece. Demis's parents were creative people, therefore, the fact that the boy chose a musical career for himself is not surprising. Demis's mother, Nelly Mazlum, worked as a professional dancer, and his father, despite the fact that he made his living as an engineer, was excellent at playing the guitar.
The future world-famous performer was a smart and talented boy as a child. From the very early years He sang well, so his parents decided to send him to the choir of the Greek Byzantine church. Demis spent 5 years there, which were not in vain: he studied musical theory, mastered the skill of playing the double bass, trumpet, and organ.
Personal life
The singer didn’t particularly like to touch on the topic of his personal life. His first wife was a girl named Monique. The lovers got married at the very beginning creative career Demis. After several years of marriage, the couple had a daughter, Emily, but Monique did not agree to share her husband with his many fans, and therefore the family broke up. Demis's wife realized that Roussos was not a supporter of calm and measured family life and prefers fame and popularity to her, and literally two months after Emily was born, she filed for divorce. With the baby in her arms, the woman moved to relatives in Florence.
Less than a year after the divorce, Demis married for the second time. New wife The singer Demis Roussos was called Dominika. The girl gave birth to a son to the Greek singer, to whom the couple gave the name Cyril.
Dominique was so in love with Demis that she closed her eyes and did not believe the news in all the newspapers that Roussos was having an affair with yet another fan. The girl sincerely believed that during his tours the performer remained faithful to her, until the moment when Demis himself told her about the sexual relationship that happened between him and his fan at one of the concerts. Dominique could not forgive her husband’s betrayal.
Unlike Monique, Demis’s second wife did not take away their joint child. She considered it appropriate to give her son to the performer’s mother in Greece.
For the third time, Roussos married an American model, Pamela. The performer met her in a bookstore, and even before tying the knot, the couple was on the brink of death.
In the summer of 1985, lovers became hostages on a plane from Athens to Rome. Then, for a whole week, passengers were held at gunpoint, and one of them was even shot right in front of adults and children.
The Greek performer was well known in Arab countries, and when the terrorists recognized the passenger as Demis Roussos, he had to perform songs for them.
When the lovers recovered a little from the shock and shock, they legalized their relationship and officially became husband and wife. After some time, this marriage also broke up.
The longest relationship in the biography of Demis Roussos was the relationship with his last lover, Maria Teresa. The girl was from France and worked as a yoga instructor. The first meeting of the future spouses took place in 1994. Maria, turning a blind eye to everything and abandoning her family and friends, went to Greece for her lover. Demis spent the rest of his life with Maria, for some reason never proposing to the girl - the performer preferred ordinary cohabitation to marriage.
Carier start
In 1963, a fateful event occurred in the biography of Demis Roussos - he met talented musicians who, like Demis himself, dreamed of a successful career in this field. Some time after they met, the group Aphrodite's Child appeared, in which Demis was the vocalist. Then the songs The other people and Plastics nevermore brought the group its first popularity. In 1968, a military coup took place in Greece, and therefore the group was forced to move to the capital of France is Paris.
Music
In Paris, the musicians had already begun active creative activity and soon it was known throughout the country. Their legendary song Rain and tears literally topped the charts throughout Europe in just a few days. Some time after this, the albums End of the world and It's five o'clock were released.
The group's popularity grew by leaps and bounds, but despite this, the Greek performer made the difficult decision to leave it and try to achieve success in a solo career. The last album of Aphrodite's Child - "666" - was finalized and released by the group after its breakup.
Nationality
Many fans argued about what nationality Demis Roussos is, but the answer to this question is clear. Demis has Greek roots, and the performer himself is Greek by nationality, which his compatriots are very proud of. In what language did Demis Roussos write his songs?
Demis did not limit himself to one language. His discography included English, French, and Greek songs. Demis released one of his albums in four languages!
Solo career
Demis's first solo disc, entitled Fire and Ice, appeared to the world in 1971. A couple of years after this event, the second work of the Greek singer was released - Forever and ever, which includes a huge number of world hits.
By 1973, Demis was performing in concerts and touring around the globe. In 1975, three albums by the Greek artist topped the top ten albums in England.
Demise's album, Universum, released in 1974 in four languages, was a huge success in France and Italy. Most likely, the record owes its popularity to such singles as Loin des yeux and Loin du coeur, which were released about a month before its release.
In 1982, Demis Roussos released the album Attitudes, which did not achieve much commercial success. To rise again in the eyes of his loyal fans, the Greek performer released his new work, where he covered tracks from the 50s and 60s. After that, Demis headed to Greece and recorded the singles Island of love and Summerwine there, and then released another album called "Greater love".
In 1987, Demis Roussos returned to hometown, where he worked hard on an album of digitally recorded versions of his most popular and biggest hits. A year later, the artist’s next album, Time, was released.
In 1993, a modern version of the song Morning has broken from the artist’s album called Insight was released. Subsequently, in nine years (from 2000 to 2009), Demis Roussos released only three albums: Auf meinen wegen, Live in Brazil and Demis.
Below is Demis Roussos' video for the legendary song Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye.
Death
Unfortunately, relatively recently - on January 25, 2015 - the talented Greek singer died. His family and friends did not want the shocking news about Roussos’ death to have any impact on the parliamentary elections scheduled for the same day, so the press and fans of the singer found out about it only a day later - on January 26.
Fans of the performer suspected something was wrong, drawing attention to the excessive secrecy of relatives. The family of Demis Roussos did not want to talk about the cause of the singer’s death; for a long time they could not determine the exact date and the location of the funeral ceremony.
Often, fans from whom they are hiding something begin to give out their versions of what happened. It was the same this time. According to one of the many theories, Demis died of obesity amid an exacerbation of a chronic illness; according to another, he died of a serious illness that he did not want to advertise.
After some time, the artist’s daughter, Emilia, clarified the situation. The girl said that her father fought pancreatic cancer for two years, unfortunately, without success.
The funeral ceremony took place on January 30, 2015. The grave of the famous artist is located in the First Cemetery of Athens - according to tradition, only noble and famous Greeks are buried there.
In the photo, Demis Roussos is already in old age.
Bottom line
The biography of Demis Roussos is full of various bright events; his story will be interesting to read not only for fans of his work, but also for people who are simply interested in music. The artist’s discography includes a huge number of wonderful compositions, which at one time caused a storm of emotions among fans around the world. And despite the fact that the singer is no longer alive, his songs continue to be listened to and re-sung. One thing is for sure - thousands more covers of Demis’ songs will be recorded, and more than one generation of young music connoisseurs will listen to his legendary albums.
Greek singer Demis Roussos died in Athens on Monday night at the age of 68. The French newspaper Figaro reported this on Monday, citing the musician’s daughter Emily. The cause of the musician's death has not been specified.
On March 12, 2015, Roussos was supposed to perform a concert in Moscow, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of his creative activity.
IN Lately he lived both in Greece and in France, where he had a house in the city of Neuilly, located near Paris. 
Biography
"Greek Nightingale" Demis (Artemios) Venturis Roussos was born in Egypt in the famous city of Alexandria on June 15, 1946. 
His family moved to their historical homeland - Greece - in the mid-50s.
In the 60s, a talented young musician, together with his other fellow countryman, composer Van Gelis, created the group “Child of Aphrodite,” which played art rock and soon became famous not only in Greece, but throughout Europe. 
70s - early 80s Demis took up a solo career: all his main hits were written - Rain and tears, Goodbye my love, Souvenirs. Sometimes it happened that the “nightingale” gave 150 concerts a year. 
Now he mainly performs his old hits, which are listened to with pleasure in Russia.
Demis Roussos has an apartment in the fashionable Parisian suburb of Neuilly, which he bought in 1974, but he spends almost half the year in Greece. Roussos has lost weight. If at the peak of his obesity, that is, before 1985, he weighed 146 kilograms, now his weight ranges from 110 to 125. Losing weight began after the stress he experienced after the plane in which he was traveling with his second wife. was hijacked by terrorists and the singer spent five days in captivity. 
Roussos was married three times and has two children from different marriages - a daughter, Emily, who is already 31 years old, and a son, Cyril, who is 26. Demis has a girlfriend with whom he has been living for seven years now. But the marriage is civil, so formally the loving “Greek nightingale” can propose marriage to anyone. But does he remember all his promises to get married? On March 8, Roussos met 22-year-old student Elena Kurakova at a party in Surgut and proposed marriage to her. She is not afraid of the age difference, because Demis is a star and an unusual person!