Gary Lux
Gerhard "Gary" Lux (born 26 January 1959) is a Canadian-born Austrian singer, most famous for having represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions.
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Gary Lux
Franz Johann Morgenbesser from Vienna, Austria · Lux.Gary-150401-5798 · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Born
- 1959. · Kingston.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- singer, composer and musician.
- Fields
- schlager music.
- Honours
- Grand Officer and Special Class of the Order of Honour (Lower Austria).
- Languages
- German.
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Gerhard "Gary" Lux (born 26 January 1959) is a Canadian-born Austrian singer, most famous for having represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest on six occasions.
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Career
Lux has released solo albums entitled "Dreidimensional" and "City of Angels" inspired by some time he had spent in Los Angeles. Lux performed for Austria on the following occasions: 1983 as a member of Westend performing "Hurricane" 1984 providing backing for Anita performing "Einfach weg" 1985 as a solo artist performing "Kinder dieser Welt" 1987 as a solo artist performing "Nur noch Gefühl" 1993 providing backing for Tony Wegas performing "Maria Magdalena" 1995 providing backing for Stella Jones performing "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt" As a composer, Lux was placed second in the Austrian national heat for Eurovision in 1994 with the song "Solitaire" performed by Three Girl Madhouse. Gary also sang a duet with Gitti Seuberth at the 1984 Austrian final Komm hoit mi which placed 2nd.
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Personal life
He was born in Ontario, Canada but returned to live in Austria with his parents as a young boy. He was married to Marianne (died of cancer on 4 April 2011) and has 2 sons, Benny and Dennis.
Austrian musicians (left to right): Ulli Bäer, Wolfgang Ambros, Gary Lux, Schiffkowitz und Anita "Niddl" Ritzl; charity concert 'atemberaubend 08' in support of researching pulmonary hypertension (lungenhochdruck.at) at the Wiener Stadthalle.
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