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Also known as Edward Hill, Eduard Anatolyevich Khil

Russian singer (1934-2012)

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Eduard Khil (Eduard Anatolyevich Khil, or Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Хиль in Russian, September 4, 1934 – June 4, 2012) was a Russian baritone, well known in his country from his singing in the 1960s and later. He fell into obscurity with the fall of the Soviet Union. He is best known in the Anglosphere for his 1976 hit transliterated into English as "I am very glad, because I'm finally returning back home" (often called "Trololo", "Trolololo", "Trololololo", or similar names) due to internet attentio

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Key facts

Born
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil , ( 1934-09-04 ) 4 September 1934, Smolensk , Western Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Died
4 June 2012 (2012-06-04) (aged 77), Saint Petersburg , Russia
Resting place
Smolensky Cemetery
Occupation
Singer
Years active
1955–2012
Spouse
Zoya Pravdina ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ) ​
Awards
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples People’s Artist of the RSFSR Lenin Komsomol Prize

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Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль, Russian pronunciation: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.

Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo", or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Trololo as a stage name.

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