Ted Gärdestad (born February 18, 1956, dead June 22, 1997 in Sollentuna, Sweden) was a Swedish singer and musician. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday. ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... Sollentuna is a Municipality in Stockholm County, in central Sweden. ...

He made himself a name as a 15-year old and has together with his brother Kenneth Gärdestad written a number of popular Swedish songs, such as "Jag vill ha en egen måne", "Satellit" and "Sol, vind och vatten". He was as most popular in the end of the 1970s. Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution...

He was in the media, wrongfully, accused of the assassination of Olof Palme, an accusation that hit him hard. Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Sven Olof Joachim Palme (January 30, 1927 - February 28, 1986) was a Swedish politician. ...

During his last years he suffered from depression and committed suicide in 1997. According to his brother, he was mentally disturbed at the end of his life and committed suicide during a period when he was involved with a cult. In ordinary conversation, nearly any mood with some element of sadness may be called depressed. However, for depression to be termed clinical depression it must reach criteria which are generally accepted by clinicians; it is more than just a temporary state of sadness. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of intentionally ending ones own life. ... In religion and sociology, a cult is a group of people devoted to beliefs and goals which are not held by the majority of society, often religious in nature. ...

References

• Aftonbladet.se (http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/9806/22/ted.html)
• Expressen.se (http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=212067)