#lill-babs

Lill-Babs: the original highråolar i lyxfodral.

Tuesday morning, on the 3rd of April, 2018, Barbro Margareta Svensson, mostly known from her artist name "Lill-Babs", sadly passed away at the age of 80. Many of you will probably remember her as our fourth ever representative during the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, with her song "April, April", that unfortunately didn't reach far. But to us Swedes, she was by far one of the most charming and fantastic singers that ever existed onto the country. She already started her career during 1953, and ever since then, she has grown to be one of Swedens most known singer, having had hits with a bunch of her songs, such as "Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?", "En tuff brud i lyxförpackning", "Leva livet", and "Gummiboll". Lill-Babs, as a artist name, originated from her manager, who did a little word play with the name, being originated from another star, Alice Babs (who also happened to be our first ever representative). 

Just in March, however, Barbro had problems with her heart, and was taken to a hospital, where they discovered that she had gotten cancer, which made her stay in the hospital for several weeks, before peacefully passing away on her hospital bed, surrounded with the love from her family members. Every time I've seen her on TV, during either shows or interviews, she is never afraid to show off what she really is, and she has always had that charming personality with her, despite her old age. Reading about her passing that morning actually made me very damn sad, seeing how I already had to go through deaths like France Gall and Lys Assia earlier, but with all due respect, I can't ignore the fact that her existence has always brought joy to every single heart and soul to people of Sweden through out her 60 years as a singer. Thank you for all the joy you've spread, Barbro. May your soul forever rest in peace ♥