German world mourns 'schlager' superstar Udo Juergens

2014/12/22 19:59:51 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

The German-speaking world was in mourning Monday for Austrian crooner and composer Udo Juergens who died suddenly in his adopted Swiss homeland -- in the middle of a tour -- aged 80. The & quot;schlager & quot; superstar & #039;s death from heart failure was the top item on the television news on Sunday evening in Germany, Austria and in German-speaking Switzerland, and his photo was splashed across front pages on Monday. Fellow tabloid Oesterreich went so far as to call him & quot;Austria & #039;s second Mozart & quot;. Germany & #039;s Bild Zeitung & #039;s front page said & quot;Merci, Genie! & quot; ( & quot;Thank you genius! & quot;), while several others went with & quot;Merci, Udo & quot; in a nod to his first hit, & quot;Merci, Cherie & quot; ( & quot;Thank you, darling & quot;), which won him the Eurovision Song Contest in 1966.
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