Lenny Kuhr
Lenny Kuhr · Converts to Judaism
Dutch singer-songwriter who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 with 'De troubadour'; converted to Judaism
22 février 1950, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas
Pays-Bas
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Origins and early life
Helena Hubertina Johanna Kuhr, known as Lenny Kuhr, began singing in the Netherlands in 1967 in the French chanson tradition, and in 1969 won the Eurovision Song Contest with De troubadour, her own composition — one of the four winners of a contest that ended in a four-way tie.
Work and career
She toured with Georges Brassens in 1970, had a French top-ten hit in 1971, and her biggest Dutch hit, Visite, in 1980; she has gone on recording ever since, and sang De troubadour again at the 2021 final in Rotterdam alongside other Eurovision winners. In May 1973 she was assaulted at Haarlem station and her nose was broken; the following year she married the Israeli doctor who had operated on her, and converted to Judaism.
They had two daughters and moved to Israel in 1980. She was among the artists who recorded Shalom from Holland in solidarity with Israelis under Iraqi missile fire during the Gulf War of 1991, and in 2026 she announced that she was leaving the stage and moving to Israel, citing the growth of antisemitism in the Netherlands.
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Dutch singer-songwriter who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969 with 'De troubadour'; converted to Judaism
Source: Wikipedia — Lenny Kuhr
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