Jimmy Zámbó

The native form of this personal name is Zámbó Jimmy. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Jimmy Zámbó
Born	Imre Zámbó (1958-01-20)20 January 1958 Budapest, Hungary
Died	2 January 2001(2001-01-02) (aged 42) Budapest, Hungary
Resting place	Csepel graveyard
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1987–2001
Spouse	Edit Zámbó
Children	3

Jimmy Zámbó (born Imre Zámbó, 20 January 1958 – 2 January 2001) was a Hungarian pop singer. His nickname was "The King".

Career

Zámbó started his singing career in the Hungarian State Radio Children's Choir. His breakthrough came in the early 1990s, when he was voted Hungary's singer of the year in 1993. His 2000 album Christmas With Jimmy had been Hungary's top-selling record for many weeks before his death. All his albums have gone platinum. Between March 2000 and his death he hosted his own popular show on commercial TV station RTL.

Death

Jimmy Zámbó's tomb in Budapest, Csepel cemetery

Zámbó died on 2 January 2001, by a gunshot wound to the head. Budapest police said that he leaned out of a window and fired two shots from his 9 mm Beretta at a neighbor's rooster whose crowing was disturbing his sleep, in an effort to scare it away. Then, to show his wife that there were no more bullets in the gun, he removed the magazine, put it to his head and pulled the trigger. However, there was a bullet still in the chamber, which fired and struck him in the temple. He was taken to the hospital, where he died hours later. He had consumed alcohol, though not an excessive amount. No drugs were found in his body. It was ruled as an accidental death.

See also

• Hungarian pop
• List of unusual deaths in the 21st century

External links

• A Hungarian view, in English, of The King
• Jimmy Zámbó discography at Discogs