What is Rikard Wolff?
[[File:Rikard Wolff 2013.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wolff in 2013]] '''Jan Rikard Wolff''' (8 April 1958 – 17 November 2017) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] actor and singer.<ref>{{cite web | title=Rikard Wolff | url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=176579 | language=sv | publisher=[[Swedish Film Institute]] | access-date=22 February 2010}}</ref> His career included both movie roles in ''[[House of Angels]]'' and its two sequels and theatre roles such as in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' at [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]], and ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' at [[The Göteborg Opera]]. He was born in [[Farsta]], Sweden. Wolff provided the voice of Scar in the Swedish-dub of ''[[The Lion King]]''. Wolff was openly [[gay]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Pontus |last=Hammarlund |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article10670251.ab|title=Wolff blev pappa i söndags|newspaper=Aftonbladet |date=25 September 2005 |access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref> Wolff was made a Knight of the [[Legion of Honour]] for his work with French music. His best known song was ''[[Pojken på månen]]'' from the album of the same name. Wolff died on 17 November 2017 in [[Stockholm]], Sweden of [[emphysema]] at the age of 59.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/wolffs-dod-alldeles-for-tidigt-och-sa-bedrovligt-sorgligt/|title=Wolffs död – alldeles för tidigt och så bedrövligt sorgligt|date=17 November 2017|work=Dagens Nyheter|access-date=17 November 2017|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6824178|title='Swedish icon' Rikard Wolff dies|publisher=Sveriges Radio|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0938314}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolff, Rikard}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from emphysema]] [[Category:Swedish movie actors]] [[Category:Swedish television actors]] [[Category:Swedish voice actors]] [[Category:Swedish stage actors]] [[Category:Swedish singers]] [[Category:Gay