Jump to content

Gunter Gabriel: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
No edit summary
 
(45 intermediate revisions by 34 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Multiple issues|{{Notability|Music|date=December 2011}}
{{Multiple issues|
{{Notability|Music|date=December 2011}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2011}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2011}}
{{Expand German|topic=bio|Gunter Gabriel|date=June 2017}}
}}
⚫
}}'''Gunter Gabriel''' (born '''Günter Caspelherr'''; 11 June 1942 – 22 June 2017) was a German singer, musician and composer.
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gunter Gabriel
| image = GunterGabrielOsterode1.jpg
| image_size =
| landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank -->
| alt =
| caption = Gabriel in 2008
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Günter Caspelherr
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|06|11}}
| birth_place = [[Bünde]]/[[Westfalen]]
| origin =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|06|22|2017|06|22}} (death date 1st) -->
| death_place =
| genre =
| occupation = Singer, musician, composer
| years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) -->
| label =
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|guntergabriel.de/}}
}}
[[Image:Gunter Gabriel.jpg|thumb|Gunter Gabriel 2006]]
[[Image:GabrielAndreasberg08.jpg|thumb|Gunter Gabriel in [[Sankt Andreasberg]] 2008]]
⚫
'''Gunter Gabriel''' (11 June 1942 in [[Bünde]]/[[Westfalen]] as ''Günter Caspelherr'') is a German singer, musician and composer.


Gabriel became famous in Germany as singer of [[Schlager]] songs. Gabriel has four children. He married four times.<ref>[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/mein-groesster-feind-bin-ich/409698.html Tagesspiegel:Mein gößter Feind bin ich (german)]</ref> Gabriel lives in [[Hamburg]]-[[Harburg, Hamburg|Harburg]].<ref>[http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/programm/leute/-/id=1895042/nid=1895042/did=5534356/19hnf5r/index.html interview with Gunter Gabriel (german)], SWR 1, 10 November 2009</ref>
Gabriel became famous in Germany as a singer of [[Schlager]] songs.<ref>[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/mein-groesster-feind-bin-ich/409698.html Tagesspiegel:Mein gößter Feind bin ich]; accessed 22 June 2017.{{in lang|de}}</ref> Gabriel lived in [[Harburg, Hamburg]].<ref>[http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/programm/leute/-/id=1895042/nid=1895042/did=5534356/19hnf5r/index.html interview with Gunter Gabriel], swr.de, 10 November 2009.{{in lang|de}}</ref> He was a friend of [[Johnny Cash]] and introduced American [[Country music]] to German audiences, even covering some of Cash's songs in German.<ref>https://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.htmlhttps://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>


Gabriel was married four times and had four children. He fell down a flight of stairs a couple of days before his death and died of complications that occurred after multiple surgeries to fix his broken neck.<ref name=GGlautSpiegel22Jun2017>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/gunter-gabriel-ist-tot-a-1153590.html|quote=Hits wie "Hey Boss, ich brauch mehr Geld" machten ihn berühmt: Country-Sänger Gunter Gabriel ist laut Medienberichten im Alter von 75 Jahren gestorben.|title= Country-Sänger Gunter Gabriel ist tot |newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=22 June 2017|publisher=[[Der Spiegel]] (online) |language=German |accessdate=22 June 2017}}</ref>
⚫
Gabriel published ''Wer einmal tief im Keller saß. Erinnerungen eines Rebellen'' with Oliver Flesch in 2009 ({{ISBN|978-3941378179}}).


== References ==
==Books==
⚫
* 2009: Gunter Gabriel, Oliver Flesch: ''Wer einmal tief im Keller saß. Erinnerungen eines Rebellen.'' Edel, Hamburg 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-941378-17-9}}.
<references/>


==References==
⚫
== External links ==
{{Reflist|30em}}
⚫
* {{Official website|http://www.guntergabriel.de/}}

⚫
==External links==
{{Commons}}
⚫
* {{Official website|www.guntergabriel.de}} {{in lang|de}}


{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabriel, Gunter}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabriel, Gunter}}
⚫
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:German male singers]]
[[Category:German male singers]]
⚫
[[Category:German musicians]]
[[Category:German composers]]
[[Category:German composers]]
[[Category:Schlager musicians]]
[[Category:German schlager musicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]]
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:People from Harburg, Hamburg]]
[[Category:Musicians from Hamburg]]

Latest revision as of 13:13, 20 June 2024

Gunter Gabriel (born Günter Caspelherr; 11 June 1942 – 22 June 2017) was a German singer, musician and composer.

Gabriel became famous in Germany as a singer of Schlager songs.[1] Gabriel lived in Harburg, Hamburg.[2] He was a friend of Johnny Cash and introduced American Country music to German audiences, even covering some of Cash's songs in German.[3]

Gabriel was married four times and had four children. He fell down a flight of stairs a couple of days before his death and died of complications that occurred after multiple surgeries to fix his broken neck.[4]

Books

[edit]
  • 2009: Gunter Gabriel, Oliver Flesch: Wer einmal tief im Keller saß. Erinnerungen eines Rebellen. Edel, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941378-17-9.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Tagesspiegel:Mein gößter Feind bin ich; accessed 22 June 2017.(in German)
  2. ^ interview with Gunter Gabriel, swr.de, 10 November 2009.(in German)
  3. ^ https://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.htmlhttps://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/events/Vom-Millionaer-zum-Tellerwaescher-Gunter-Gabriel,guntergabriel165.html [dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Country-Sänger Gunter Gabriel ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). Der Spiegel (online). 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017. Hits wie "Hey Boss, ich brauch mehr Geld" machten ihn berühmt: Country-Sänger Gunter Gabriel ist laut Medienberichten im Alter von 75 Jahren gestorben.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gunter Gabriel.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Gunter_Gabriel&oldid=1230071038"