Willy Hagara (4 June 1927 – 15 May 2015) was an

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n schlager pop singer and actor. Born in

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, he worked for the Austrian postal service before winning a talent competition in the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1946. Credited at the time as "the best

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singer in Vienna", he took singing and acting lessons and began a career as a popular

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singer and entertainer. His song "Casetta in Canada" reached number 3 on the German pop chart in 1958. He made numerous television appearances, and appeared in popular

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films such as ''Weißer Holunder'', '' Der Haus-Tyrann'', and ''

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''. Willy Hagara, ''Steffi-line.de''
Retrieved 16 February 2019 He largely gave up his career in entertainment in the late 1960s after the deaths of both his wife and father, from whom he received a large inheritance. He lived quietly in retirement, and made his final public appearance in 2002. He died in 2015, aged 87.

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