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Rosa Mina Schärer (3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018),[1][2] known by her stage nameLys Assia, was a Swiss singer who won the firstEurovision Song Contest in1956. Assia was born inRupperswil,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]
In1956, she was the winner of the firstEurovision Song Contest, in which she sang for Switzerland with the song "Refrain".[4] She returned to the contest again for Switzerland in1957 with "L'Enfant que j'étais" and1958 with "Giorgio" sung in Italian.[4][5]
In 2012, Assia again submitted a song to theSwiss national selection to represent Switzerland inMalmö,Sweden at theEurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "All in Your Head" featuring the hip-hop rap group New Jack.[10] This entry, however, was not chosen to compete at the national selection. There were rumours of Assia representingSan Marino, but it was announced on 30 January 2013 thatValentina Monetta would do so.[11][12] She later made a guest appearance during the contest's second semi-final.[4] In 2015, at age 91, Assia attended theEurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits special concert celebrating the contest's 60th anniversary. This was her last public appearance.
Assia married Johann Heinrich Kunz on 11 January 1957 inZürich. Kunz died just nine months later after battling a serious illness.[13] In 1963, she marriedDanish businessman Oscar Pedersen, who died in 1995.[14] She died on 24 March 2018 in Zürich.[15][16]
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