Jimmy Zámbó

Jimmy Zámbó (born Imre Zámbó, 20 January 1958 – 2 January 2001) was a Hungarian pop singer. His nickname was "The King".

Career Zámbó started his singing career in the Hungarian State Radio Children's Choir. His breakthrough came in the early 1990s, when he was voted Hungary's singer of the year in 1993. His 2000 album Christmas With Jimmy had been Hungary's top-selling record for many weeks before his death. All his albums have gone platinum. Between March 2000 and his death he hosted his own popular show on commercial TV station RTL. where he died hours later. He had consumed alcohol, though not an excessive amount. No drugs were found in his body. It was ruled as an accidental death.