Funny van Dannen is a German singer, songwriter, author, and painter of Dutch origin. He sings about politics, society, sexuality, religion, and many other topics, usually in a humorous way. He accompanies his songs with guitar, sometimes with harmonica. He founded the band Lassie Singers. Since 1978 he has lived in Berlin. He is married and has four sons. The punk band Die Toten Hosen interpreted some of his songs, notably Trauriges Arschloch, Bayern, Frauen dieser Welt, and Lesbische, schwarze Behinderte. Die Schr�ders, another punk rock band, made his song "Saufen" more famous. As of 2007 van Dannen had published eleven record album; except for Info 3, Herzschei�e, Nebelmaschine, Trotzdem Danke and Saharasand all were recorded live. 

March 10th, 1958 in Germany (Age 66)