What is Frank Farian?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Frank Farian | image = Frank Farian.jpeg | caption = Farian in 2008 | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_name = Franz Reuther | alias = {{hlist|Zambi|G. Mart|FMP}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|7|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kirn]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|23|1941|7|18|df=y}} | death_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], [[United States|U.S.]] | occupation = Record producer, vocalist | years_active = 1958–2024 }} '''Franz Reuther''' (18 July 1941 – 23 January 2024),<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Farian|publisher=All Music|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/frank-farian-mn0000135298/biography|accessdate=September 11, 2014}}</ref> better known as '''Frank Farian''', was a [[Germans|German]] [[record producer]] and [[songwriter]]. He is best known as founder of the 1970s [[disco]] group [[Boney M]]. He created the group [[Milli Vanilli]]. He has also been associated with other music groups. He was born in [[Kirn]], [[Germany]]. Farian died in [[Miami]] on 23 January 2024, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |title=German music producer Frank Farian dies aged 82 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/german-music-producer-frank-farian-dies-aged-82/a-68063478 |access-date=23 January 2024 |publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=23 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Keepnews|title=Frank Farian, the Man Behind Milli Vanilli, Is Dead at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/arts/music/frank-farian-dead.html |access-date=23 January 2024 |website=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 January 2024}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Farian, Frank}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:German musicians]] [[Category:People from Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:German record producers]] [[Category:German songwriters]] {{bio-stub}}