Romanian music legend, “maestro” Gil Dobrica died yesterday after a two weeks of suffering.
Singer Gil Dobrica died yesterday at noon in his natal city , la Craiova, and would be buried on Thursday.
Gil Dobrica, who turned 61 suffered from various ails including cirrhosis and double pneumonia. His condition worsened rapidly lately. In the last two weeks he could barely step out of bed. The gout immobilized him and the cirrhosis hasten his end.
The “maestro” spent his last months of life in Craiova in the house of his sister. Relatives say he died peacefully and that the night before his death he asked to listen for a CD with Ray Charles.
A legend of Romanian music, Gil Dobrica started singing in his teenage years. He performed rock, rythm&blues or soul , most of the time doing it freely as he was also working for a living at the same time.
An exceptional moment for his career was attending the music Conservatory in Bucharest in the 70s and being hired by the Atlantic bar within Athenee Palace one of the most famous hotels in Bucharest.
After this, he became one of the most famous Romanian singers among foreigners in Romania(diplomats, businessmen etc).
In 1990, gout and cirrhoses overcame him and he retired from his musical career
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