Sauli Lehtonen | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Sauli Tapani Lehtonen |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1975 |
Birth Place: | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Genre: | Finnish tango |
Years Active: | 1994–1995 |
Label: | MTV Musiikki |
Sauli Tapani Lehtonen (10 April 1975 in Jyväskylä, Finland - 9 September 1995 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish tango singer.
In 1994, he was crowned the tenth Tango King when he won a Finnish tango competition Tangomarkkinat. On 8 September 1995 Lehtonen and his father, who was driving the car, hit a moose in Sipoo. Lehtonen died in the Töölö Hospital in Helsinki in the early morning of 9 September 1995.
Lehtonen was well known for the way he kept his eyes closed when he was singing.[1]