The stroke legend Tapani Kansa gave Iltalehti the last interview, which was conducted one and a half weeks before his death. Iltalehti publishes an interview at the request of Nina af Enehjelm, the people of the people.
Tapani’s people It was once happier than ever before. Iltalehti interviewed the legend a week and a half before his death. The people died in complications after the gallbladder removal surgery. When he was attempted to be cut again, the singer no longer survived the operation.
The interview will be published posthumously with the people’s spouse Nina af Enehjelmin on application.
In a telephone interview, the people, who were just 76, took the congratulations laughing and told about the wonderful peace of their life.
He said he could do great. One of the most important reasons was the landscape change.
– I moved to Kotka five years ago. And yes, this is quite fantastic when you think about the pressure I was under all decades, Tapani Kansa said.
– The work went great, but there was all kinds of other hassles, he referred to many twists and turns of his career.
According to him, being on the road, being on the road ate power. The people said they were to perfection in their work, which put pressure on.
– I always had to come up and create something new. Many years I was waiting for this to live my own life. And that’s what I’ve really done now.
The singer’s voice included satisfaction with the current situation. He also revealed that he was slimmer thanks to balanced lifestyles.
– Hamina has one of the most diverse swimming pools in Finland. I go there for four, five times a week. I head there after this interview, Tapani Kansa said.
– It’s such a small spa, absolutely fantastic! There I take care of my condition nowadays and my mind is refreshed. Weight has dropped a lot of tens of pounds and I have not tried to lose it.
Tapani Kansa’s lifestyles today were well balanced. He had, among other things, swimming and Nordic walking. Tapani Kansan’s home album
Peace after the years of speed
Tapani Kansa said they had bought a house from Kotka. He sparked that many siblings lived in childhood landscapes.
– These are familiar areas. Here was a nice, nice detached house from a beautiful peaceful village along the Kymijoki River. We were looking for home here and went to see more places. This current Nazi. No need for it, the singer summed up.
The people still had a base in their Westend home in Espoo. He admitted in the interview that he never completely settled in the Helsinki region, even though he lived there for decades.
-At the age of 18, I moved to Helsinki in 1967. The place was selected with the profession. It was central to the business of the whole light music. All record companies, studios and media were in the capital. Later, they came elsewhere around the country. Friends came there and the whole life was built.
The ferocious breakthrough of the people was on the 1968 translation song Delilah. Danny It would have wanted to record the song, but it ended up with the decision of the record company bosses. He had a large career full of hits and large concert tours with extensive software.
Gigs
Tapani Kansa especially remembered the concert tours he started in the 1980s during the “fantastic period”.
-It is well illustrated by the fact that I held two entertainment concerts for full halls at Finlandia Hall for the best autumn, then two more Christmas concerts packed full.
– I sometimes had big orchestras with 30 people. I make sure that the software was versatile. It was an honor for me. In addition to the hit potpur, there were even classical music, he laughed.
The legend stated that he did not think too much about the risks in the work. He said he was lucky: often the income covered the expenditure.
The people were an example in the sense that he brought his illness to bipolar disorder in the late 90s. The singer talked about mental health problems at a time when it was not widespread.
-For the first twenty years of my career, I was in insanely good shape, from there from the early 1970s to the early 90s, my basic fitness was like a top athlete. After the mid-90s, everything started to be a little too much. Then I should have reduced the work, he wondered.
Tapani Kansa made his last gig in the Upinniemi Chapel in 2019.
– I stopped neatly. I have warm memories of that gig. It was a good atmosphere and everything went great. And then that song stayed, he summed up.
Tapani Kansa moved from Espoo to Kotka five years ago. Pictured are the people in their Espoo home in 2015. Jenni Gästgivar
Of all of all
Retired, the folk artist enjoyed the time with his loved ones. The relationship with the spouse to Nina af Enehjegs deepened, and the singer proudly watched her adult children, Edvardin and Madeleinelife.
– The family has played a central role in my life. It’s hard to imagine life without it, Tapani Kansan said.
He admitted, laughing that the Nina’s spouse splashed, but he always returned to his own soulmate.
– And we never really left the other, he fixed in a moment.
– Nina is a very temperamental person. Our relationship has been passionate. It’s a real lottery win. Without this it would be much more boring. Love is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life!
According to the singer, Nina af Enehjelm and Tapani Kansa deepened even during retirement. This remained the last couple of couples. Tapani Kansan’s home album
Message to Finns
The singer said he had time to follow the politics of the day along with Nordic walking and swimming.
Tapani Kansa believed that the Ukrainian war would affect Finns on a deep level, more than previous big world events. He was also worried by the government’s big cuts.
– I wonder where these modern politicians have been in history. They have forgotten two terribly important sentences in JK Paasikivi. After the war, he said that in his opinion, Finland would never have to interfere with the politics of great powers. He also said that enemies should prefer to look far and friends nearby.
For Finns, the people wanted to convey a message in the interview.
– Be careful and watch out that the gentlemen of Finland will no longer hit their heads in the Karelian pine tree, such as the Honkajoki River The unknown soldier in the book said.
Lastly, once the people rejoiced at telling about their lives Onerva Aikion produced by a music show that he had laughed several times while reading the script.
– It was very funny and great.
The people were pleased that the premiere next summer Tapani people – Singer – A large-scale singer like Tomi Metsäkedo was chosen as the star.
Tapani Kansa, who has recently turned 76, said he had recently thought of death. Picture from 2018. Matti Matikainen
“I love life”
The 76 -year -old reached the singer. The people told Iltalehti that they also thought about death.
– I enjoy every day, but it does come to the pot that the years pass so fast. It is always in the back of the brain that we are in the final stages. I love so much life that it is miserable that death is approaching, he honestly said.
The singer added, however, that he was not afraid of the great unknown. He said he was a natural part of death.
One thing Tapani Kansa was once sure. He never intended to perform again.
– Not really. Sometimes I thought I’d retire at the age of 60. It stretched for a couple of decades. Now I wonder how the world’s stars are still able to pull as they leak and droop. Still, you still have to stumble upon the stage, the people were amazed.
– In my opinion, it doesn’t make sense if you have made such a good career, like I do, where the qualifying for singing has been at a very high level, you should not go there in a situation where you can’t practice it in the same way. What is the point of ruining everything after finishing?
The people were proud to end his career with dignity.
What would you like the Finns to remember you after over 50 years of career?
– It’s sober and fair, no shaking does not swing.