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Greek 'schlager' star sang for Austria in '61
Jimmy Makulis dead at 72
The Greek singer's greatest hits - including Gitarren klingen leise durch die Nacht - came in Germany and Austria, where he was was sometimes known as the "Sinatra of the Orient" because of his good looks and his outstanding performances. Makulis also lived and performed in Las Vegas for a time in the late 60s and 70s.
The singer returned to Greece in 1985 where he made his home until his death. Jimmy Makulis continued to sing from Greece, and he released minor hits in the 90s. He also attempted to return to the Eurovision Song Contest for Greece but without success.
The esctoday.com team extend heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of Jimmy Makulis. Readers Roland Putz and Roland Seiderer contributed to this report.
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Just to lmention that Jimmy Makoulis was of Cypriot origin, born in Larnaca,the fisrt ever Cypriot to take part in ESC.His greatest hit in the 70s was Tsingana Kardia (the greek version of the San Remo winner Il cuore e uno zingaro).In the early 80s he also tried to represent Cyprus in ESC but with no luck.
c
Very sad.... 
Jimmy thanks for your music....
R.I.P. from Austria
very sad! my condolences to his family
So sad. R.I.P. Jimmy.
Greece and Austria are desperately grieving
D. E. P.
*last* forever
That's sad - unfortunately our Eurostars don't like forever...
PS: 7 people are still needed to vote (nowish 
in the all-time French ESC poll at this link:
url=http://escnation.com/scorewiz/rsvp.html?id=32116&a=g3uernv&vnr=next]http://escnation.com/scorewiz/rsvp.html?id=32116&a=g3uernv&vnr=next/url]
The reason there are only 43 songs, is that this was the maximum no. permitted for this contest, so some French entries have already been eliminated elsewhere
So please help if you can. Thanks in advance.
Oliver
The truth is that he was 9 years older (81),but doesn't matter! He was very famous 30 years ago! He sang a greek version of the 1971 grand-prix (Monaco),with the title MIA KARDIA HTYPA (A heart is beating),and in 1990 tried to represent Greece in the ESC with the song MIA NYHTA SAN KI APOPSE (A night like this one) and he came 5th!!! REST IN PEACE,DEAR JIMMY!!!
Condoleances to those close to him.
"Denke daran, ich bin immer bei Dir".
Rest in peace, Jimmy !
Wow.
I actually can't remember his esc number, but I do know it feels terrible to die without a certain reason.
Sending my condolences.
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