Zbigniew Wodecki

Wodecki was born on 6 May 1950 in Godów, Poland.[1] He started to play the violin at the age of five. Since the late 1960s, he had collaborated with the Piwnica pod Baranami literary cabaret and singer Ewa Demarczyk. As a singer, he debuted in 1972 at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. He is mostly known for the songs Chałupy Welcome To,[2] Lubię wracać tam, gdzie byłem, Z Tobą chcę oglądać świat (duet with Zdzisława Sośnicka) and Zacznij od Bacha, as well as the Polish versions of several soundtracks – Maya the Honey Bee[2] and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie. In the 1980s he performed in a cabaret with Zenon Laskowik.[1] He appeared as one of the judges on the Polish version of the Dancing with the Stars television show, Taniec z gwiazdami, during its first twelve seasons.[1]

In 2014, Wodecki revealed that he had atrial fibrillation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[3] On 8 May 2017, the artist suffered a massive stroke, a complication from bypass surgery he had at a private clinic, on 5 May 2017; and was taken to intensive care at Central Clinical Hospital of the MSWiA in Warsaw, where he died 13 days later, of complications from the stroke.[3][4][5][6]

Wodecki and his wife, Krystyna, had three children: Joanna, Katarzyna and Pawel.[7] His family was from Łaziska, Wodzisław County. He was an honorary citizen of Gmina Godów (Wodzisław County).[8] He was known as an ally of the LGBT community.[9]

• Zbigniew Wodecki on IMDb 
• Zbigniew Wodecki at AllMusic
• Zbigniew Wodecki discography at Discogs