Singer, composer and lyricist Pavel Novák († 64) was one of the outstanding personalities of Czech popular music. The hits Freckled girl, Little girl, Beautiful love, Strange sleeper, Žofie and Nesmíš mi lhát are well-known. Throughout his singing and artistic career, he devoted himself to working on children’s programs and giving concerts for children’s audiences. The music legend of the 60s and 70s died on February 11, 2009. As the portal reminds , Novák lost his battle with cancer.
He had to deal with an insidious disease twice during his life. The first time, he managed to defeat her thanks to a difficult operation, a series of radiations and a drastic hunger strike. After three years, the cancer returned in a much more aggressive form. This fight already had a sad end. After his death, his son continued his work Pavel Novák Jr. He sang the famous father’s big hits with the band and became a popular performer.
He did not want him to suffer the same fate as his father, so he went for regular medical examinations. The life of Pavel Novák Jr. also ended prematurely. A nationwide search was announced for the artist 2. September 2022. Three days later, the singer was found without signs of life in his car. He died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 57. The medical examiner set the date of death as August 28. At the request of the family, the police refused to release the official cause of death from the autopsy report. He survived his famous father by only 13 years.
Pavel Novák Jr. collaborated with the singer, lyricist and producer Peter Šišek at the end of his life. Just a day before they started looking for the artist, had in Prague to receive the prize in the radio hit show Zlatá česká dvánástka. “I had bought two train tickets for us, we agreed that it would arrive in Olomouc. Unfortunately he wasn’t there and I didn’t ask him anymore,” Šiška recalled.
He was very worried about his partner. “We last saw each other less than a week before this happened. We had a concert in Slovakia. We went in Pavlov’s car, he drove the whole thing. We had lunch at our house, he was in a great mood. He was always very communicative, and even the four hours of travel were not enough for us to say everything and discuss everything. We parted with the words as in the old joke: ‘Then we’ll talk about it next time,‘” recalled Šiška’s last moments together. He has no idea what actually happened and was the cause of the accident.
