Sauli Lehtonen

Sauli Lehtonen

Genres: tango, finnish, finland, iskelma, King of Tango

About Sauli Lehtonen

Sauli Tapani Lehtonen (10 April 1975 in Jyväskylä, Finland – 9 September 1995 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish tango singer. In 1994, he was crowned the tenth Tango King when he won a Finnish tango competition Tangomarkkinat. On 8 September 1995 Lehtonen and his father, who was driving the car, hit a moose in Sipoo. Lehtonen died in the Töölö hospital in Helsinki in the early morning of 9 September 1995. Lehtonen was well known for his way to keep his eyes closed when he was singing.

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