Artemios "Demis" Ventouris Roussos

(15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015)

Was a Greek singer and

performer who had

international hit records as

a solo performer in the

1970s after having been a

member of Aphrodite's

Child, a progressive rock

group that also included

Vangelis.

He sold over 60 million

albums worldwide.

Roussos was born and

raised in Alexandria, Egypt,

in a family where his father

George was Greek and

mother Nelly Mazloum was

Egyptian of Italian origin.

His parents lost their

possessions during the

Suez Crisis and

consequently decided to

move to Greece.

Roussos began a solo

career with the song "We

Shall Dance" in 1971.

Initially unsuccessful, he

toured around Europe and

became a leading artist.

His popularity in the rest of

Europe, came to fascinate

people wordwilde.

Roussos died in the morning of 25 January 2015,

at Ygeia Hospital in Athens

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