Lill-Babs obituary

Singer who was an omnipresent figure in Swedish pop for decades and became a regular on TV entertainment shows in the 1980s and 90sIn an age when some singers are known in every culture around the world, the phenomenon of the purely national celebrity is easy to overlook. Johnny Hallyday in France, Gordon Downie in Canada and Lill-Babs in Sweden are all examples of singers mourned with an extravagance that has excluded outsiders.Lill-Babs, who has died aged 80, was a trouper: a phenomenon of ene...

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