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Guthrie Graham Tainton (17 September 1927 – 6 December 2024) was a South African-born Swedish dancer and choreographer.^[1]^[2]

Life and career

Tainton was born in South Africa on 17 September 1927.^[3] He came to Sweden in 1959 with a large music ensemble, The Golden City Dixies.^[4]

Tainton was ABBA's choreographer,^[5] and later appeared in UR's Living Room where he accounted for his early years in South Africa with Desmond Tutu as his priest and Nelson Mandela the lawyer who got him out of prison under apartheid.^[6] He was also in the jury and appeared on a Swedish TV show called Floor Filler.^[7] In 2016, 88-year-old Tainton was honoured and interviewed on the popular Let's Dance (Swedish TV series).^[8]^[9]

Tainton married a Swede, and their oldest daughter Blossom Tainton-Lindquist was born in 1962. He was also the father of entertainment celebrities Kelly Tainton, Themba Tainton and David Tainton, and a cousin of Miriam Makeba. He died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 97.^[10]

References

^ Several sources listed at Pipl
^ Article in Expressen
^ "Guthrie Graham Tainton". Ratsit. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ Svensk filmdatabas
^ Article in VeckoRevyn 1978-10-25
^ UR release 2004
^ Article in Göteborgs-Posten
^ YouTube tribute 8 April 2016
^ YouTube interview 8 April 2016
^ "Abbas svenske koreograf död – blev 97 år". Dagens Nyheter. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

External links

Graham Tainton at IMDb

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