Sauli Lehtonen Explained

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.

Biography

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]

References

  1. http://www.mediamusiikki.fi/sauli/ Sauli Lehtonen