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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: Anna Karenina, Ted Gärdestad, Adrian Borland, Robert Enke, Hughie Gallacher, Christopher Wood, Peter Llewelyn Davies, Sergi López Segú, Alex Harris, V. P. Sathyan, Wolfgang Priklopil, Margaret Mary Ray, Alasdair Clayre, Bob Carlos Clarke, Tamiki Hara, Adolf Merckle, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Chris Morgan, Jorge Liderman, Ernest Pingoud, Daniel Pollock, Dan Moriarty, Winfred Thaxter Denison. Excerpt: Ted Gärdestad (Swedish pronunciation: ), internationally known as Ted Gardestad, Ted Gaerdestad or just Ted (born Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad, 18 February 1956 - 22 June 1997 in Sollentuna, Sweden) was a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. Ted was born to Arne and Margit Gärdestad in 1956 and grew up in Sollentuna, Stockholm County. He was the youngest of three siblings, he had two older brothers; Kjell (1944-2000) and Kenneth (b. 1948). Ted was only 15 years of age when he and his eight year older brother Kenneth Gärdestad decided to knock on the door of Polar Music in 1971. Ted was appointed composer and singer, while Kenneth was lyricist to Ted's melodies. Their collaboration proved successful, and they stuck to it for the rest of Ted's career. Stig Anderson, later the mastermind behind jumpstarting ABBA's career, recognised Ted's talent and signed him to the label. Stig assigned Ted to in-house producers Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. The multitalented Ted could play just about every instrument he could put his hands on; piano, keyboards, guitars, mandolin, ukulele, accordion etc. and he was often described as a 'musical wonderchild' in the Swedish media - he had in fact made his TV debut at the age of six playing accordion. In 1966, as a 10 year old, he had also made his debut as an actor in the TV advent calendar En småstad vid seklets början (A Small Town at the Turn of the Century) and in 1970 he had gone on to have a minor role in the American movie Story of a Woman, directed by Leonardo Bercovici and featuring Bibi Andersson, Robert Stack and James Farentino in the starring roles. Not well-known, but Ted was also a very promising tennis-player; as a fourteen year old he was in fact second best in Sweden after one Björn Borg, and he had at one point considered a career as a professional tennis player, his love for music however took the overhand as he was signed to Polar. Ted released his first single, the gospel-influenced "Hela världen runt" ("All Ove
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