Jerzy Połomski
{{Short description|Polish singer (1933–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jerzy Połomski
| image = Jerzy Polomski piosenkarz2 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Połomski in 2014
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date|18 September 1933}}
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|14 November 2022|18 September 1933}}
| death_place = Warsaw, Poland
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| alma_mater = National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw
| years_active = 1957–2019
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| occupation = Singer
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Jerzy Połomski (born Jerzy Pająk; 18 September 1933 – 14 November 2022) was a Polish pop singer and actor. He is widely considered among the most popular Polish music artists of the 1960s and 1970s.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eska.pl/news/jerzy-polomski-nie-zyje-kim-jest-wiek-zona-dzieci-mieszkanie-choroba-piosenki-aa-xKaW-UbTt-QJfN.html |language=pl |title=Jerzy Połomski – kim był, wiek, żona, dzieci, mieszkanie, choroba, piosenki |website=eska.pl |access-date=20 November 2022}}
Life and career
Born in Radom, Pająk adopted the surname Połomski while he was still a student at the State Higher School of Theater in Warsaw.{{cite news |title=Jerzy Połomski nie żyje. Piosenkarz miał 89 lat |url=https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kultura/2189554,1,jerzy-polomski-nie-zyje-piosenkarz-mial-89-lat.read |access-date=15 November 2022 |work=Polityka |date=15 November 2022|language=pl}}{{cite news |title=Nie żyje piosenkarz Jerzy Połomski. Miał 89 lat |url=https://dorzeczy.pl/kultura/369325/w-wieku-89-lat-zmarl-jerzy-polomski.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |work=Do Rzeczy |date=14 November 2022 |language=pl}} He started his career in 1957, both as a stage actor specialized in dramatic roles as well as a singer active in radio broadcasts; in 1958 he ranked second in a poll held by Polskie Radio about most popular Polish singers, and one year later he made his recording debut with the album Podwieczorek z piosenką. In 1961 he placed at the second place at the first edition of the Sopot International Song Festival. In the following years he got a string of hits, including "Bo z dziewczynami" (audience award at the 1973 Opole Song Festival),{{cite news |title=Nie żyje piosenkarz Jerzy Połomski. Miał 89 lat |url=https://dorzeczy.pl/kultura/369325/w-wieku-89-lat-zmarl-jerzy-polomski.html |access-date=15 November 2022 |work=Do Rzeczy |date=14 November 2022 |language=pl}} "Komu piosenka", "Daj" and "Cała sala śpiewa z nami", and toured in Eastern and Western Europe, USSR, USA and Cuba.
During his career Połomski received various honours, notably the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis and a Golden Fryderyk Award for his career. Suffering from hearing problems, he officially retired in 2019. He died on 14 November 2022, at the age of 89.
See also
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