Eduard Khil

Eduard Khil
Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль
Eduard Khil in 2009
Khil receiving a 4th class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" in 2009
Born
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil

(1934-09-04)4 September 1934
Died4 June 2012(2012-06-04) (aged 77)
Resting placeSmolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
OccupationSinger
Years active1955–2012
Spouse
Zoya Pravdina
(m. 1958)
Children1
Awards

Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Хиль, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.

Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я о́чень рад, ведь я, наконе́ц, возвраща́юсь домо́й", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo",[1] or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Trololo as a stage name.[2]

  1. ^ "Eduard Khil dies aged 77". 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Mr Trololo Singer Eduard Khil Dies Aged 77". ITN. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2017 – via YouTube.