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Bill Whelan (born May 22, 1950) is the Irish composer who composed Riverdance, a piece for the interval of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was a ten-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that eventually became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and celtic music. Whelan is a native of Limerick, and was educated at Crescent College, University College Dublin and the King's Inns. He worked as a pianist for The Waterboys during their Fisherman's Blu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Liam
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- Munich
- Occupation
- association football player
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Republic of Ireland
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- date of birth
- 1935-04-01
- date of death
- 1958-02-06
- manner of death
- accidental death
- place of burial
- Glasnevin Cemetery
- cause of death
- traffic collision
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