Anders Frandsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anders Frandsen

Danish singer

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1960

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2012

Profession: actor, singer, television presenter

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Anders Frandsen

  • Anders Frandsen (8 December 1960 – c.
  • 1 January 2012) was a Danish musician, singer, actor and TV presenter.
  • He was born in Copenhagen.Frandsen was not a trained actor, but he appeared in theatre performances during the 1980s.
  • He later became a TV presenter on Danish Kanal 2, alongside Camilla Miehe-Renard. In 1991 he came to fame when he won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (the Danish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest) with the song Lige der hvor hjertet slÃ¥r, composed by Michael Elo.
  • The song didn't do well at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, and placed 19th with only 8 points.
  • That didn't hurt his popularity however, and the following year at the Danish national final, he was the host. He then became a TV host on TV3 for the next few years.
  • He appeared on lots of shows, such as "Knald eller Fald" (a dating programme) and "Stjerneskud" (a talent competition for look-alikes), and also presented the network's morning TV.
  • In 1997, he slowly disappeared from TV again. He later resurfaced at the Danish Melodi Grand Prix final in 2001, presenting one of the songs, and also guest-starred in an episode of Ørnen (a Danish TV series) in 2004.
  • In 2005 he guest-starred in an episode of the Danish TV show Twist & Shout, on TV2 Charlie. On the evening of 1 January 2012, Frandsen was found lifeless in his Hellerup apartment by friends, who called emergency services, who pronounced him dead on site.
  • Frandsen had brought a garden barbecue into his bedroom and lit it, causing death by carbon monoxide poisoning.
  • A suicide note was also discovered, but the exact time of death is not known.
  • Frandsen was 51.

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