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Ted GĂ€rdestad

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🎂 February 18, 1956📍 Sollentuna, Stockholms lĂ€n, SwedenđŸ•Żïž June 22, 1997 · Age 41

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Ted GĂ€rdestad, born on February 18, 1956, was a Swedish singer, composer, musician, and actor. He rose to fame as a teenager in the 1970s and quickly became one of Sweden's most beloved pop artists. Together with his brother Kenneth GĂ€rdestad, who wrote the lyrics to most of his songs, he created several timeless classics. In 1979, he represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Satellite". He also appeared in a number of Swedish television productions and a few films as an actor. In 1966, he appeared in SVT's Christmas calendar series "En smĂ„stad vid seklets början". In his later years, Ted GĂ€rdestad lived with mental illness, which led him to end his life on June 22,


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Ted GÀrdestad, born on February 18, 1956, was a Swedish singer, composer, musician, and actor. He rose to fame as a teenager in the 1970s and quickly became one of Sweden's most beloved pop artists. Together with his brother Kenneth GÀrdestad, who wrote the lyrics to most of his songs, he created several timeless classics. In 1979, he represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Satellite". He also appeared in a number of Swedish television productions and a few films as an actor. In 1966, he appeared in SVT's Christmas calendar series "En smÄstad vid seklets början". In his later years, Ted GÀrdestad lived with mental illness, which led him to end his life on June 22, 1997.

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