Vytautas Kernagis who was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter, actor & television announcer has died on Saturday following a gastric cancer. He was 56 years old. In 1973, he graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music & Theatre.

He was a member of the pioneering Lithuanian big beat bands “Aisciai & Rupus miltai”. Kernagis recorded his first album of singing poetry in 1978. Vytautas Kernagis was born on May 19, 1951.