Singer Eva Olmerová was an icon of Czech jazzher voice was characterized by a feeling of passion and pain. According to the daily, the communist regime destroyed her a promising career. In addition, alcohol, which he enjoyed from her youth, was associated. Although her name was marked by a scandalous case when she hit the car among people, She remained a legend that is not forgotten.
The artist was born on January 21, 1934 in Prague in a family with a musical background. In her childhood, her parents divorced and had a tense relationship with her stepmother. She was trained for a women’s tailor, no She has been secretly singing in bars and clubs since the age of 16. Thanks to the talent, she got copper people in the ring of the Semafor Theater and started working with Karel Mareš.
With the then regime she had a problem since her youth, as a 17-year-old was detained by STB (Slovak State Security) and was also convicted of 14 months of prison, Because she was supposed to be pre -writing the SNB (National Security Corps) on the street, he writes.
After returning, she wanted to go back to the stages, but the ban on performing in Prague clubs and ejections from the traffic light brake. However, she was able to succeed and created several successful recordings. A huge life turning point occurred in 1969. She was offered to sing on a world tour with the legendary American Jazz Singer Ellou Fitzgerald. But this unsurpassed chance was immediately checked by the regime.
Huge disappointment was triggered by the fact that she started to enjoy alcohol even more. According to the Czech daily, it became part of her daily life and was known to be able to sing brilliantly even after several cups, but gradually it happened that she did not go to work at all. The drama was also marked by her personal life. Her three marriages fell apart, and one of the husbands was supposed to steal her and emigrate her shortly after their wedding.
The infamous scandal of her life occurred when, under the influence of alcohol, she put into a rented car and on an island near Bulovka (city district with a hospital, ed.) In Prague ran a vehicle among people. She didn’t hurt anyone, but she was sentenced to a six -year sentence. When the opportunity came to return to the scene in 1989 and composer Michael Kocáb prepared her album play for me, health did not allow her to continue. Lifetime drinking of alcohol and liver cirrhosis strapped it to a hospital bed. She died on August 10, 1993 as a 59-year-old.
