Laila Kinnunen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Laila Kinnunen

Finnish singer

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1939

Place of Birth: Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 26-Oct-2000

Profession: singer

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Laura “Laila” Annikki Kinnunen (8 November 1939, Vantaa – 26 October 2000, Heinävesi) was a Finnish singer.
She was one of the most popular Finnish singers of the 1950s and 1960s, and represented Finland at the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest, the first time Finland participated in the contest. She spent her childhood in Sweden as a refugee from the Second World War, returning to Finland at the age of ten.
Her first album, released in 1957, was a success, and she continued to release music until 1980.
From the 1970s she suffered from severe alcoholism. Her daughter is Finnish singer Milana Mišic.