Hana Zagorova, a well-known singer and actress, died on August 26 at the age of 75. From 1977 through 1985, she received the national Zlaty Slavik music award nine times. Hana has been suffering from a variety of health issues since her struggle with Covid-19 in September 2020. After her health deteriorated, all of her performances and appearances were canceled in August 2021.
Everything there is to know about Hana Zagorova
Hana Zagorova, born on September 6, 1946, was 17 years old in 1963 when she competed in the singing competition Hledame nove talenty. She also attended the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, where she graduated with honors in acting. Hana then began appearing on television in the late 1960s. She sang in the Sodoma-Gomorrah and recorded her debut album, Bludicka, with the Vaclav Zahradnik Orchestra. From 1972 until 1974, she appeared as Bludicka at the Semafor Theater, where she rose to prominence. She subsequently began playing with the Italian singer Drupi at performances in and around Czechoslovakia.
During the 1980s, Hana was featured in her musical TV program, Dluhy Hany Zagorove. She became well-known in Poland, Germany, and the Soviet Union, and she worked with a number of artists. She also played the lead in The Hit, a 1980 musical film. From 1980 until 1986, she shared the stage with Petr Kotvald and Stanislav Hlozek. Zagorova went on to record seven more albums with composers such as Petr Hapka. In June 1989, she signed Charter 77, which sought the liberation of political prisoners and freedom of expression.
In 1991, she joined Karel Vagner’s Multisonic and traveled internationally. However, the following year, she began to reduce her professional work, claiming that she had sung what she was meant to sing. She began producing TV program scripts, and her show, Kdyz nemuzu spit, ran from 1993 to 1998. She began touring in 1996 and has since released two albums with her husband, Stefan Margita. Ja?, her latest album, was published in 1998. She continued to tour and released three more albums in the 2000s, as well as a poetry collection called Milostne in 2006.
In 2007, Zagorova appeared in the musical Jack the Ripper, followed by the Mona Lisa. She sold around 10.5 million copies and launched her second album, Vyznani, in 2014, receiving the Supraphon Diamond Record. On the occasion of her 70th birthday in 2016, she appeared at Lucerna and released her best-selling album, O Lasce. Ja nemam strach was her subsequent album.
Twitter users pay tribute
Hana Zagorova rose to prominence throughout the years due to her appearances at various events and her CDs. When word of her death spread, Twitter was inundated with tributes.
‘Walk of Life’. RIP Hana Zagorová. pic.twitter.com/u0vUGwXmGr
— Nick Archer (@NickArcherFCDO) August 26, 2022
Hana Zagorová, +75, RIP
“Jsem naučená, že když se něco přihodí, hledám chybu v sobě. Nikdy nenadávám na člověka, který to zavinil, ale řeknu si: „Dobře ti tak, Zagorová! Bylas málo ve střehu a tady to máš“ Ale sebejistota je fajn vklad do života. Jen nesmí převážit nad kvalitou.” pic.twitter.com/9NXKF5GzRC— petr fischer (@petrfischer3) August 26, 2022