Lys Assia

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Lys Assia
Assia in 1957
Background information
Birth name	Rosa Mina Schärer
Born	(1924-03-03)3 March 1924 Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland
Died	24 March 2018(2018-03-24) (aged 94) Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	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]