Overview
- Vicky Leandros confirmed to Bild that her father died peacefully in Greece on October 31 at the age of 102.
- The family plans a small private burial in Pefki on the island of Euboea, where he spent his later years.
- As manager, composer, and producer, Leo Leandros discovered and developed his daughter’s talent from her teens.
- He co-wrote “Après toi,” the song that won the Eurovision Song Contest for Vicky Leandros in Edinburgh in 1972.
- Born Leandros Papathanasiou, he built a transnational career, emigrating to Germany in 1955, collaborating with artists such as Demis Roussos and Julio Iglesias, and returning to Greece in the 1990s.