Zdeněk Rytíř (11 April 1944 – 2 October 2013) was a Czech composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer born in Tábor, at the time part of the Nazi-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He died of a heart attack at age 69, in Prague.[1]
Biography
Music
Zdeněk Rytíř was born on 11 April 1944 in Tábor, which at the time was part of the Nazi-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. During his studies at Charles University, he wrote poetry and played bass guitar and harmonica in several bands. He began writing lyrics professionally as a member of the group Mefisto.[2]
Rytíř was in a relationship with singer Helena Vondráčková until 1969. He later married actress Evelyna Steimarová, with whom he has a daughter, actress Vendula Prager-Rytířová. His second wife, Helena Rytířová, is also an actress.[3] They have two children together: Zdeněk Rytíř Jr. and Alena Rytířová.[4]
Illness and death
After a long illness, Rytíř died of a heart attack on 2 October 2013 in Prague, aged 69.[5]
Selected discography
Michal Tučný, Zdeněk Rytíř & Tučňáci – Jak to doopravdy bylo s Babinským
