From KCRW DJ Eric J Lawrence: I’m a sucker for a good internet meme, and the source of one of the best of all time has sadly passed. Eduard Khil, the award-winner Russian singer known as “Mr. Trololo ...

Eduard Khil, known to most Western audiences as Internet star “Mr. Trololo,” died early Monday ... upload,” according to the Know Your Meme website. The original upload has notched almost ...

And now, Google’s new Doodle pays tribute to both the man and the meme. It was four decades ago ... in matching shiny attire, and warbled “trololo” for the camera. And it was about eight ...

The "Trololo" meme re-ignited interest in Khil's singing ... The song is very playful – it has no lyrics, so we had to make up something for people would listen to it, and so this was an ...

Beloved though he was in his heyday, Khil was no stranger to Soviet censorship. Even his "Trololo" song was a matter of controversy. A cowboy ballad written by composer Arkady Ostrovsky whose ...