David Stypka

{{Short description|Czech singer and journalist (1979–2021)}} {{Expand Czech|topic=bio|date=January 2021}} {{Use British English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = David Stypka | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = cs | birth_name = David Stypka | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|7|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Frýdek-Místek]], Czechoslovakia | origin = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|1|10|1979|7|21|df=y}} | death_place = Czech Republic | genre = {{hlist|[[pop rock]]|[[jazz rock]]}} | occupation = Singer, journalist | instrument = {{hlist|guitar|vocals}} | years_active = 1995–2021 | label = | associated_acts = [[David Stypka and Bandjeez]] | website = {{URL|davidstypka.cz}} }} '''David Stypka''' (21 July 1979 – 10 January 2021) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] singer known for his performances in the band [[David Stypka and Bandjeez]].

==Biography== Stypka came from [[Dobrá (Frýdek-Místek District)|Dobrá]] near [[Frýdek-Místek]]. After graduating from a grammar school in Frýdek, he was a journalist in the regional press, and also briefly worked at a candle shop and was a salesman at local festivals. After years of journalistic work, he became a [[Graphic designer|graphic artist]] and [[Typesetting|typesetter]]. He had long collaborated with the magazine {{Interlanguage link|Pěstounství|lt=|cz||WD=}} (single-parentship). He was single, with three children.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=I have three children, jokes the discovered David Stypka|url=http://stantesepestouny.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04_PST.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413153009/http://stantesepestouny.cz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/04_PST.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2019 |access-date=|website=STAŇTE SE PĚSTOUNY|pages=4–6|language=cs}}</ref>

In the summer of 2019, Stypka was diagnosed with [[pancreatic cancer]]. He died on 10 January 2021, at the age of 41 from complications associated with [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zemřel zpěvák David Stypka|date=10 January 2021 |publisher=Novinky.cz|url=https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/clanek/zemrel-zpevak-david-stypka-40347382|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110113241/https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/clanek/zemrel-zpevak-david-stypka-40347382|archive-date=10 January 2021|access-date=2021-01-10|language=cs}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Discogs artist|David Stypka}} * {{imdb name|id=9393035}}

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