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Birth Name: Rosa Mina Schärer
Date of Birth: 3 March, 1924
Place of Birth: Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland
Date of Death: 24 March, 2018
Place of Death: Zollikerberg, Zürich, Switzerland
Ethnicity: Swiss-German
Lys Assia was a Swiss singer. She won the first Eurovision Song Contest, in 1956, representing Switzerland.
Her father was named Frederic Schärer. Her mother’s surname was von Rodel. Lys was married to Johann Heinrich Kunz, until his death, and to Danish hotelier Oscar Pedersen, until his death.
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