Karel Gott Death
Karel passed away on October 1, 2019 at the age of 80 in Prague, Czech Republic. Karel's cause of death was acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
When did Karel Gott die?
October 1, 2019How did Karel Gott die? What was the cause of death?
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)How old was Karel Gott when died?
80Where did Karel Gott die? What was the location of death?
Prague, Czech Republic
Karel Gott Birthday and Date of Death
Karel Gott was born on July 14, 1939 and died on October 1, 2019. Karel was 80 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: July 14, 1939
Date of Death: October 1, 2019
Age at Death: 80
Karel Gott - Biography
Karel Gott (born July 14, 1939, in Plzeň) is a Czech Schlager singer, and an amateur painter. He is considered the most successful male singer in former Czechoslovakia and currently in the Czech Republic; he was elected the Most Favorite Male Singer in the annual national poll Český slavík (English: Czech Nightingale) a total of forty-one times, most recently in 2016.
He also gained widespread fame in the German-speaking countries and is a fluent speaker of the language. Worldwide he has sold an estimated 50–100 million records with his songs, 23 million of them in the German-speaking market, and about 15 million in former Czechoslovakia and its successor states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Of his debut LP in Russia (Melodiya, 1977) there were sold over 5.5 million copies.
He has two adult daughters (Dominika and Lucie) from different former relationships. He married his current wife, Ivana Macháčková, in January 2008 in Las Vegas, and they have two daughters, Charlotte Ella (born 30 April 2006) and Nelly Sofie (born 28 May 2008).
In October 2015, he was diagnosed with a malignant cancer of the lymph nodes. On 18 March 2016 it was reported that he had recovered from cancer and was in remission. During the 1990s, Gott began to focus on painting. The first exhibition of his paintings took place in 1992, at the Prague Christ Child Gallery, and his work has since been exhibited in Berlin, Moscow, Munich, Cologne, Vienna, and Bratislava.
