Obituary - Eduard "Mr. Trololo" Khil (1934-2012)

[*riot_iori*]

Eduard Khil, best known as the "Trololo" singer, has died in St. Petersburg, reports RIA Novosti. The Russian singer was 77. Last week, Khil was admitted to a hospital after suffering a stroke.

Khil was best known in America for becoming an unexpected viral video sensation just a few years ago, after the discovery of a decades-old television performance. In 1976, he performed a song that was once a hit in Russia, entitled "I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home," written by Arkady Ostrovsky.

But when performing the song on Russian television, it was determined that the America-romanticizing lyrics to the song should be replaced with nonsensical vocalizations, including "tro-lo-lo."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY

Those vocalizations resulted in a beloved Internet hit many years after its original airing. The YouTube video (seen above) of the enormously catchy performance has gathered over 12 million views since November 2009. In 2010, it became a veritable web phenomenon. The video even once brought Stephen Colbert "out of a funk" on his show.

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Rest in peace, good sir. I hope you're trolololo-ing in a better place now. :'(

[Don Vecta]

Rest in peace. Trolls of the world, hats off and a minute of silence.

[RedHurricane24]

The Trollface just lost its spokesperson. Good night, sweet prince. Troll all those other fuckers up in Heaven.

[Eddie]

Heard the news he was still hanging on after the stroke, shame he passed on.

R.I.P

[Yuki Yagami]

Rest in Peace, somewhere in heaven, he's singing this song...

[Tizoc]

I find it very depressing that a man is remembered, worldwide, mainly for being an internet meme.
RiP regardless.

[Ryth]

I find it very depressing that a man is remembered, worldwide, mainly for being an internet meme.
RiP regardless.

I'm not going to argue against this fact, but it was enlightening to know the reason behind such a silly performance. I don't think the west would have noticed if his video didn't become a meme.

[Don Vecta]

I find it very depressing that a man is remembered, worldwide, mainly for being an internet meme.
RiP regardless.

Well, in Russia he's quite respected and even awarded, so it's okay.

[Shiki Orochinagi]

I find it very depressing that a man is remembered, worldwide, mainly for being an internet meme.
RiP regardless.

Dont worry, he was famous singer in his country then he retired and was famous again by this meme. 

[Tizoc]

Well, in Russia he's quite respected and even awarded, so it's okay.

Oh! Well ya know what they say about Soviet Russia~
...
*orz*

[shadowkusanagi]

This was so unexpected.

R.I.P.

[Sera]

I didn't know that singer before hearing about his death, but he certainly had a good voice.