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  1. Klaus Nomi. Original Name. Klaus Sperber. Birth. 24 Jan 1944. Immenstadt im Allgau, Landkreis Oberallgäu, Bavaria, Germany. Death. 6 Aug 1983 (aged 39) New York, New York County, New York, USA. Burial. Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Scattered over New York City Add to Map. Memorial ID. 12508120. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial.

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      Singer, Entertainer. Born in Essen, Germany, Klaus came to...

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    klausnomi .net. Klaus Sperber (24 January 1944 – 6 August 1983), known professionally as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona. In the 1970s Nomi immersed himself in the East Village art scene. He was known for his bizarre and visionary theatrical live performances ...

  3. Jun 30, 2022 · Michael Halsband. This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. A wide range of musical genres ...

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  4. A Music War (1981). The video above shows Klaus Nomi’s last per­for­mance before his death. Towards the end of 1982, he returned to Europe for a small con­cert tour and also per­formed at Eber­hard Schoen­er’s Clas­sic Rock Night in Munich, close to the place where he was born. He chose the Aria of the “Cold Genius” from Hen­ry ...

  5. Sep 10, 2018 · Klaus Nomi died alone in Manhattan’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in August of 1983. No one visited him in the week before his death. This performance of “The Cold Song” from earlier in 1983 is perhaps the quintessential Nomi media moment. By that year, his body had begun to deteriorate from AIDS.

  6. Klaus was a face - elfin and painted as a Kabuki robot. He was a style - a medieval interpretation of the 21st century via Berlin 1929. He was a voice, almost inhuman in range, from operatic soprano to Prussian general. He was a master performer - a maste r of theatrical gesture. Above all he was a visionary. He said the future is based on the ...

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