David Stypka
{{Short description|Czech singer and journalist (1979–2021)}}
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David Stypka (21 July 1979 – 10 January 2021) was a Czech singer known for his performances in the band David Stypka and Bandjeez.
Biography
Stypka came from Dobrá near Frýdek-Místek. After graduating from a grammar school in Frýdek, he was a journalist in the regional press, and also briefly worked at a candle shop and was a salesman at local festivals. After years of journalistic work, he became a graphic artist and typesetter. He had long collaborated with the magazine {{Interlanguage link|Pěstounství|lt=|cz||WD=}} (single-parentship). He was single, with three children.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=I have three children, jokes the discovered David Stypka|url=http://stantesepestouny.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04_PST.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413153009/http://stantesepestouny.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04_PST.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2019 |access-date=|website=STAŇTE SE PĚSTOUNY|pages=4–6|language=cs}}
In the summer of 2019, Stypka was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died on 10 January 2021, at the age of 41 from complications associated with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic.{{Cite web|title=Zemřel zpěvák David Stypka|date=10 January 2021 |publisher=Novinky.cz|url=https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/clanek/zemrel-zpevak-david-stypka-40347382|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110113241/https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/clanek/zemrel-zpevak-david-stypka-40347382|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=2021-01-10|language=cs}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs artist|David Stypka}}
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{{Anděl Award for Best Male Singer}}
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Category:21st-century Czech male singers
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer in the Czech Republic
Category:Czech male journalists
Category:20th-century journalists
Category:People from Frýdek-Místek District
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