The day before he died, Vainio had become friends with ice hockey coach Juhani Tamminen and dined with his family.
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He was given the nickname "Watt" on account of a song on his first solo record, the 1964 Paras rautalankayhtye ("The Best Rautalanka Band").
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Apart from his home town Kotka, he lived for several years in Helsinki and Espoo.
Vanhojapoikia viiksekkäitä ("Moustached Bachelors") is a Finnish song composed and performed in by Juha Vainio.
Juha-Pekka Haataja | Juha Mieto | Juha Leiviskä | Juha Hirvi | Juha | Martti Vainio | Juha Vainio | Juha Väätäinen | Juha Ruusuvuori | Juha (Merikanto) | Juha Ikonen | Aaro Vainio |