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Birth name | Rosa Mina Schärer |
Born | Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland | 3 March 1924
Died | 24 March 2018 Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland | (aged 94)
Occupation | Singer |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1942–2018 |
Rosa Mina Schärer (3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018),[1][2] known by her stage name Lys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 where she met her first musical success in 1950 with "O mein Papa".[3][1]