Jiří Schelinger


Jiří Schelinger was a Czech rock singer. He was born in a small village called Bousov, his father Josef was a well known guitarist and guitar teacher and his mother Miloslava worked as florist. He had a younger brother Milan Schelinger, who was also musician. His first band was called Nothing But Nothing and in later years he played in various other groups. His first full-length solo album Báječní muži was released in 1976. In 1981, after all night drinking with local musicians and artists after his concert, he accepted a bet to jump from a Starý most in Bratislava and never surfaced back. He was inducted into Beatová síň slávy in 2004.

Conspiration about death

His death was not quite solved. There are speculations, that this could be a premeditated murder concocted by State Security, Schelinger's attempt to emigrate, live in seclusion and suicide. There are also speculations, that former State Security tried to solve the case quickly and the body of Jiří Schelinger was not his. This theory is supported by singer's brother Milan, who recently got the autopsy report, where singer's body was described different. The identity of the body was never confirmed by any family member or Schelinger's acquaintance. The conclusion that it is the body of the singer, was made based on his dental card.
His brother Milan Schelinger recently says, that his body was found at the shores of the river Danube in Hungary, where he was buried as unknown man.
On the sixtieth anniversary of his birth in March 2011 at his home in Prague, where he lived in his early childhood was revealed his bust with memorial plaque.
Schelinger was buried at Olšany Cemetery in Prague.