Tommy Tabermann

The tenth person was Japanese." He left the show in the spring of 2007 in order to run for the Parliament of Finland. Running as a Social Democrat Party candidate, he secured a nomination with 4,972 votes. Tabermann came from a bilingual Swedish-Finnish family, both languages having been spoken in his childhood home. Despite being bilingual he wrote all his books in Finnish. In August 2009 Tabermann was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. He died on 2 July 2010. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. Tabermann was first and foremost known as a love poet, and was actually sometimes referred to as an "apostle of love". His good friend and Uutisvuoto co-team captain Jari Tervo wrote of his feelings for Tabermann with the following words: "Now I personally know what the price of love is: it is sorrow." Lähikuvassa Tommy Tabermann, a biography of the poet by Juha Numminen, was released in the autumn of 2010.

• Name — Tommy Tabermann • Born — 3 December 1947 • Birthplace — Ekenäs, Finland • Died — 2 July 2010 • Place of death — Helsinki, Finland • Occupation — Poet, Member of the Parliament • Citizenship — Finnish

Tommy Tabermann was recorded at birth as Tommy Olavi Taberman. The authorities additionally record the headings Tommy Taberman and Tommy Olavi Tabermann. His recorded languages were Finnish and Swedish.

Tommy Tabermann is recorded as politician, poet, journalist, writer and musician.