Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 after successfully standing in for a female singer.
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3 March 1926 Aargau, Switzerland
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Died |
24 March 2018 (aged 92) Zürich, Switzerland
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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