Adnan Şenses
Adnan Şenses (21 August 1935 – 25 December 2013) was a Turkish musician and actor.
Adnan Şenses
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- Born
- 1935 · Gaziantep.
- Died
- 2013 · Istanbul.
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Occupation
- actor · singer · lyricist · songwriter · musician
- Languages
- Turkish
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Biography
Şenses was born on 21 August 1935 in Bursa. He is uncle of actresses Gülşen Bubikoğlu and Nilgün Bubikoğlu and of football manager Muhsin Ertuğral. He was schooled in Ankara and continued his education later at Karagümrük neighborhood of Fatih district in Istanbul. In 1956, he began his singing career. Şenses was employed by Radio Ankara, where he served 16 years long. Then, he appeared on the stage of many major music halls, and played in a total of 47 Yeşilçam films. He released 54 rpms, 29 (7 of them were LPs) albums during his music career.
Death
Şenses died of respiratory failure on 25 December 2013 at the age of 78 in an Istanbul hospital after two weeks of hospitalization. He had been suffering from stomach cancer for about three years. He was buried at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a religious funeral held at Teşvikiye Mosque. He was survived by his wife Lale Şenses.
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Adnan Şenses died at Istanbul.
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