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Frank Farian Dies: Founder Of Milli Vanilli & Boney M. Was 82


German record producer and singer/songwriter Frank Farian, who founded Milli Vanilli and the disco-pop group Boney M., has died. He was 82.  His family released a statement confirming he died &#822…

Producer Frank Farian (center) with Disco pop band Milli Vanilli at Munich, Germany 1988. Photo by Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Images German record producer and singer/songwriter Frank Farian, who founded Milli Vanilli and the disco-pop group Boney M., has died. He then branched out as a solo artist before joining vocalists Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, front man Bobby Farrell and dancer Maizie Williams in 1976 to create Boney M. The group was big in Europe with songs like “Daddy Cool, “Rivers of Babylon and “Rasputin.”

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Frank Farian, creator of Boney M and Milli Vanilli, dies aged 82