Fecó Balázs

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Fecó in 1981

Fecó Balázs (born Ferenc Balázs; Budapest, 2 March 1951 – 26 November 2020) was a Hungarian singer, songwriter, and keyboardist and the founder of popular Hungarian rock band Korál.

Biography

Balázs was born in Budapest and attended a music high school in his hometown. He created an orchestra already while learning, and in 1967 he joined the pop band

rock band Korál, which became one of Hungary's most popular rock bands in the 1980s and toured abroad in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. In 1981 he wrote and sang on the band's biggest hit Homok a szélben, which reached 3rd place on that year's Táncdalfesztivál. In 1986 Korál broke up and Balázs started a solo career as a singer and songwriter. In 2008 he won the Hungarian Music Awards, and in 2016 he was awarded the Kossuth Prize.[1][2]

In August 2020, Balázs began a new tour through Hungary, but on 18 November, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he was hospitalized and was in a serious condition due to COVID-19.[3][4] He died from the disease on 26 November 2020, aged 69.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Balázs Fecó életrajza". starity.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Pákozdi, Gabriella (March 7, 2011). ""A szívinfarktus után más ember lettem" Balázs Fecó őszintén mesélt élete fordulópontjáról". femina.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ Szabó, Zsuzsanna (November 19, 2020). "Balázs Fecó is koronavírusos - állapota súlyos". napi.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Balázs Fecó kórházban". Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). November 18, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ^ F. Tóth, Benedek (November 27, 2020). "Meghalt Balázs Fecó". Index. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "Musiker Balázs Fecó an Corona-Infektion gestorben". ungarnheute.com (in German). November 27, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Orbán, Violetta (November 27, 2020). "Elhunyt Balázs Fecó - A 69 éves énekes a koronavírus miatt került kórházba két hete". femina.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved January 23, 2021.