Eduard Khil
Eduard Khil | |
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Эдуард Хиль | |
Khil performing at a concert in 2007 | |
| Born | Eduard Anatolyevich Khil 4 September 1934 |
| Died | 4 June 2012 (aged 77) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Resting place | Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1955–2012 |
| Spouse |
Zoya Pravdina (m. 1958) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | |
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль, Russian pronunciation: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.
Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo", or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Trololo as a stage name.