Pierre Kartner dead – Musician who was Father Abraham on The Smurf Song dies aged 87
PIERRE Kartner, who was Father Abraham on The Smurf Song has died at the age of 87.
The Dutch singer-songwriter worked on the much-loved cartoon series from 1977 until 2005.
His debut hit The Smurf Song reached No 2 in the UK charts in June 1978.
Kartner’s songs for The Smurfs went on to sell 17million copies worldwide.
He wrote more than 1,600 songs throughout his career, including tunes for the popular cartoon series Moomin and the Dutch entry for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest.
Kartner eventually parted ways with The Smurfs series over artistic differences with his record company Dureco.