Marking 19 years since her death, the Instagram profile of photographer Kleisthenis Daskalakos shared for the first time a black-and-white photo from his personal archive. The image captures a meeting of Viky Mosholiou with Grigoris Bithikotsis, Stamatis Kokotas, and Stavros Xarchakos.
In the caption of the photo, it reads: “On this day, August 16, 2005, our beloved singer Viky Mosholiou, who is considered one of the greatest performers of Greek music, passed away. @studio_kleisthenis remembers her with an unpublished photo taken by Kleisthenis, along with Grigoris Bithikotsis, Stamatis Kokotas, and Stavros Xarchakos. Kleisthenis was not only a collaborator but also a very close friend until the end.”
Revelations by Her Daughter, 13 Years After Her Death
After a long battle with cancer, Viky Mosholiou passed away on August 16, 2005, at the age of 62 in a private hospital in Maroussi. Thirteen years after her death, her younger daughter, Evangelia Domazou, spoke to Espresso newspaper, revealing her mother’s final wishes for the first time. Just a few days before her passing, the singer asked her beloved daughters to clear the room of everyone else and to stay alone with her.
Evangelia recounted the scene with great difficulty: “She knew that she was nearing the end. I remember, my sister and I were hugging and crying. She told us, ‘Look, I will leave soon. I want you to love each other and to give charity to those in need.’ She asked us what we would do with her house in Parnitha, and we told her we had to sell it. ‘Yes, my children, sell it. Don’t let that house consume you,’ she replied. Then she told us how she wanted her funeral to be. She requested a specific undertaker she knew, a specific type of wood for her coffin, and she didn’t want anyone to place flowers on her casket. The only thing she wanted was a cross made of white roses that would say, ‘Your daughters, your grandchildren.'”
She also expressed her wish that the casket not be opened because she wanted people to remember her as she was in her prime. She asked to be buried with full honors at the First Cemetery of Athens, accompanied by bouzouki players on the way to her final resting place. Before the funeral service, she wanted to be taken to the Monastery in Megara so that Grandmother Elisavet, who was the abbess there, could say a prayer for her. My sister and I were crying constantly and couldn’t understand where she found all this strength. And she hugged us, trying to calm us down, saying, ‘Don’t cry. Everything is fine now. After this, the hard times will come that you will have to face.’ My sister and I fulfilled all her requests.”
