Jiří Schelinger

Jiří Schelinger (6 March 1951 – 13 April 1981) was a Czech rock singer. He was born in a small village called Bousov, his father Josef (1921–1995) was a well known guitarist and guitar teacher and his mother Miloslava (1929–2007) worked as florist.[1][2][3] He had a younger brother Milan Schelinger, who was also musician.[4] His first band was called Nothing But Nothing and in later years he played in various other groups. His first full-length solo album Báječní muži was released in 1976. In 1981, after all night drinking with local musicians and artists after his concert, he accepted a bet to jump from a Starý most in Bratislava and never surfaced back.[5] He was inducted into Beatová síň slávy in 2004.

Jiří Schelinger
Jiří Schelinger (1977)
Background information
Born(1951-03-06)6 March 1951
Bousov, Czechoslovakia
Died13 April 1981(1981-04-13) (aged 30)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
GenresPop rock, hard rock
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1973–1981
LabelsSupraphon

Conspiration about death

His death was not quite solved. There are speculations, that this could be a premeditated murder concocted by State Security, Schelinger's attempt to emigrate, live in seclusion and suicide.[6] There are also speculations, that former State Security tried to solve the case quickly and the body of Jiří Schelinger was not his. This theory is supported by singer's brother Milan, who recently got the autopsy report, where singer's body was described different. The identity of the body was never confirmed by any family member or Schelinger's acquaintance. The conclusion that it is the body of the singer, was made based on his dental card.

His brother Milan Schelinger recently says, that his body was found at the shores of the river Danube in Hungary, where he was buried as unknown man.

On the sixtieth anniversary of his birth (and the thirtieth anniversary of his death) in March 2011 at his home in Prague, where he lived in his early childhood (Čestmírova 18, Praha 4 Nusle #266) was revealed his bust with memorial plaque.

Schelinger was buried at Olšany Cemetery in Prague.

References
  1. Kotrbová, Martina (16 March 2006). "Jiří Schelinger, nepřekonaný hardrockový král". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. Józef Powroźniak: Gitarren-Lexikon. Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin 1986 (3rd edition), p. 188.
  3. "Josef Schlesinger 1921–1995". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. "Jiří Schelinger byl obrovský borec". Tyden.cz (in Czech). 8 March 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. Kovač, František (12 March 2012). "Smrt si říká rock'n'roll: Jiří Schelinger (25.)". iReport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. "Jiří Schelinger, nepřekonaný hardrockový král". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 16 March 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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