Joseph Kobzon

Iosif (Joseph) Davydovich Kobzon (; 11 September 1937 — 30 August 2018) was a Soviet-Russian singer. He was born in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast. He performed concerts for Joseph Stalin when he was younger.Интервью с братом певцаИосиф Кобзон:  В Днепропетровске я всегда держу экзамен! His best-known song is  Instants  from the Soviet TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).

He went to Donetsk People's Re­public and said words in support of its separatists. He got Honorary Consul of ‘Donetsk People's Republic’ in the Russian Federation. He voted "yes" to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on March 20, 2014. He was put in the EU blacklist for that on February 16, 2015.

Kobzon died on 30 August 2018 in Moscow from prostate cancer at the age of 80.

References

Other websites

 Official site of Iosif Kobzon

 Joseph Kobzon at iTunes

Category:1937 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:People from Donetsk Oblast
Category:Russian singers