Roberto Alfonso Farrell was an Aruban dancer and singer.
10 Facts About Bobby Farrell
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Bobby Farrell was born and raised on the island of Aruba in the Dutch colony of Curacao and Dependencies.
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Bobby Farrell left after finishing school at 15 and was a sailor for two years before moving to Norway.
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Bobby Farrell then went to the Netherlands, where he found occasional work as a DJ before finding better opportunities in Germany.
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Bobby Farrell became the sole male singer in the group, but Farian later revealed that Bobby made almost no vocal contributions to the group's records, with Farian performing the male parts on the songs in the studio.
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Bobby Farrell left the group in 1981, after clashes with Farian.
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Bobby Farrell re-joined in 1984 and continued as a member until it finally split in 1986.
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Bobby Farrell lived for many years in Amsterdam, in the neighbourhood of Gaasperdam in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuidoost.
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Bobby Farrell died on the morning of 30 December 2010, in a hotel in St Petersburg, Russia, of heart failure.
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Bobby Farrell's body was discovered by hotel staff after he failed to respond to an alarm call.