Revo (birth name Revo Jõgisalu; 9 July 1976 – 30 August 2011) was an
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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rapper
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. He was one of the founding members of Estonian most influential hip-hop groups
Toe Tag
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and
A-Rühm.
Death
On 30 August 2011, aged 35, Revo Jõgisalu died from
melanoma
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.
References
1976 births
2011 deaths
Estonian rappers
Singers from Tallinn
20th-century Estonian male singers
Deaths from melanoma
Deaths from cancer in Estonia
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
21st-century Estonian male singers
Burials at Pärnamäe Cemetery
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