The Roussos Phenomenon EP

Greek singer Demis Roussos, best known for operatic pop ballads in the 1970s and 1980s, died in Athens at the weekend aged 68.
      
The entertainer had been admitted to the Igia clinic some time ago with an undisclosed illness and the medical facility issued only a brief statement on Monday announcing his death.
      

Famous Greek pop and rock singer Demis Roussos has died in an Athens hospital.

Artemios "Demis" Ventouris Roussos was born on 15 June, 1946 to a Greek father and an Egyptian mother of Italian origin. He was raised in Alexandria, Egypt.  His parents decided to move to Greece after they lost all of their possessions in the Suez Crisis.