Eduard Khil

Eduard Khil
Эдуард Анатольевич Хиль
Khil receiving a 4th class Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" in 2009
Born	Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (1934-09-04)4 September 1934 Smolensk, Western Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	4 June 2012(2012-06-04) (aged 77) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Resting place	Smolensky Cemetery, Saint Petersburg
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1955–2012
Spouse	Zoya Pravdina ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	1
Awards	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples People’s Artist of the RSFSR Lenin Komsomol Prize

Eduard Anatolyevich Khil (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Хиль, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈxʲilʲ]; 4 September 1934 – 4 June 2012), often anglicized as Edward Hill, was a Russian baritone singer.

Khil became known to international audiences in 2010, when a 1976 clip of him singing a non-lexical vocable version of the song "I Am Very Glad, As I Am Finally Returning Back Home" (Russian: "Я о́чень рад, ведь я, наконе́ц, возвраща́юсь домо́й", romanized: "Ya ochen' rad, ved' ya, nakonets, vozvrashchayus' domoy") became an Internet meme, often referred to as "Trololol" or "Trololo",^[1] or as the "Russian Rickroll", and the song became associated with Internet trolling. The song's newfound prominence in Internet culture led him to adopt Mr. Trololo as a stage name.^[2]