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Rosa Mina Schärer (3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018),[1][2] known by her stage name Lys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contestin1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 where she met her first musical success in 1950 with "O mein Papa".[3][1]
In 2012, Assia again submitted a song to the Swiss national selection to represent Switzerland in Malmö, Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "All in Your Head" featuring the hip-hop rap group New Jack.[10] This entry, however, was not chosen to compete at the national selection. There were rumours of Assia representing San Marino, but it was announced on 30 January 2013 that Valentina Monetta would do so.[11][12] She later made a guest appearance during the contest's second semi-final.[4] In 2015, at age 91, Assia attended the Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits special concert celebrating the contest's 60th anniversary. This was her last public appearance.
Assia married Johann Heinrich Kunz on 11 January 1957 in Zürich. Kunz died just nine months later after battling a serious illness.[13] In 1963, she married Danish businessman Oscar Pedersen, who died in 1995.[14] She died on 24 March 2018 in Zürich.[15][16]
^"Lys Assia". Les archives de la Radio télévision suisse (in French). Radio télévision suisse. Le projet de numérisation des archives de la RTS. 6 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2013. Document
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