A sad day for Kaftan lovers. World renowned Greek singer Demis Roussos died in an Athens hospital at the weekend at the age of 68. The Egyptian-born singer, who became popular in the 1960s and 1970s and sold about 60 million records globally, had been in the private hospital with an undisclosed illness for some time. On 14 June, 1985, Roussos boarded TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome - and found himself at the mercy of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, who hijacked the plane. The men, who had smuggled a pistol and grenades through airport security, held the passengers at gunpoint. The militant group demanded the release of 17 members of Hezbollah and the Iraqi Islamic Daawa Party, who had been detained in Kuwait for attacks that killed six people in 1983. Roussos spent his 39th birthday in captivity, before being released in Beirut on 18 June - but most of the remaining 153 passengers spent 17 days on the plane. Speaking to the Reuters news agency at the time, the singer said he had been treated quite well. They gave me a birthday cake and they gave me a guitar, to sing, he said. They have been very polite and very nice with us.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:34:08 +0000
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