Pance Pondaag
Encyclopedia
Pance F. Pondaag was an Indonesia
n pop singer
and songwriter
. The Jakarta Post described Pondaag as one of Indonesia's most famous pop singers during the 1980s.
Pondaag was born on February 18, 1951, in Makassar
, Sulawesi
. Pance Pondaag died of a stroke at his home in Pluit
, North Jakarta
, at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2010, at the age of 59. He was from the Minahasa
ethnic group.
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n pop singer
Pop Singer
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and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. The Jakarta Post described Pondaag as one of Indonesia's most famous pop singers during the 1980s.
Pondaag was born on February 18, 1951, in Makassar
Makassar
Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...
, Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
. Pance Pondaag died of a stroke at his home in Pluit
Pluit
Pluit is an administrative village of Penjaringan, North Jakarta that is predominantly residential such as De Paradiso Apartment. Most of the inhabitants are of Chinese origin. They run many Chinese restaurants in nearby Muara Karang...
, North Jakarta
North Jakarta
North Jakarta is one of the five cities of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta contains the entire coastal area within Jakarta Special District. In North Jakarta, an area at the estuary of Ciliwung river was the main port for the kingdom of Tarumanegara, which will later grows to become Jakarta....
, at 5 p.m. on June 3, 2010, at the age of 59. He was from the Minahasa
Minahasa
The Minahasa are an ethnic group located in the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes...
ethnic group.