Dutch musician and songwriter Pierre Kartner has died.

Songwriter Pierre Kartner has died at the age of 87. PDO

Dutch musician Pierre Kartner is dead. The songwriter became especially popular with children in 1977 after composing the familiar song about the Smurfs Au pays des schtroumpfs, In the land of the Smurfs – song.

The song became a smash hit and sold more than 18 million copies.

Pierre Kartner was also known as an artist father Abraham.

The composer has become known to Finns from the movie Moomin and the Star with a Tail, based on Tove Jansson’s book of the same name. Kartner was the music composer for the international version of the film.

During his career, the talented composer wrote more than 1,600 songs, for which he was awarded 127 gold records. EuroWeeklyNews –site according to information, Kartner died on November 8 at the age of 87.