were not taken seriously, as staff believed him to be drunk. His head was bandaged and he was sent home. His wife and daughters laid him on a mattress on the floor of his office room at his home in Oulunkylä to sleep. The next night, he died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. His wife told their daughter that he had gone. When the daughter asked where to, her mother replied "No, he's dead." Rautavaara was buried in the Malmi Cemetery in Malmi, Helsinki. Memorial A memorial by Veikko Myller entitled Kulkurin uni ("A Vagabond's Dream") to the memory of Rautavaara is located in the market square in central Oulunkylä, the district of Helsinki, where Rautavaara lived most of his life. TV documentary and film Peter von Bagh created a TV documentary on Rautavaara entitled Tapsa at the time of Rautavaara's death in 1979. Timo Koivusalo used Rautavaara's and Helismaa's tours as the basis for his film Kulkuri ja joutsen in 1999. Play In spring 2007 the Nokia Workers' theatre presented a play entitled Sininen uni (The Blue Dream), which was based on his life. Rautavaara's influence on later groups Ville Valo, the frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM, regards Rautavaara as his greatest idol in Finnish music. Rautavaara's most renowned recordings Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen (The Sunbeam and the Troll), 1949/1965 Reissumies ja kissa (The Tramp and the Cat), 1949 Kulkuri ja joutsen (The Tramp and the Swan), 1950 Isoisän olkihattu (Grandfathers Strawhat), 1951/1963 Ontuva Eriksson (Limping Eriksson), 1951 Sininen uni (Blue Dream), 1952 Juokse sinä humma (Run, Horse), 1953 Kulkuriveljeni Jan (My Drifter Brother Jan), 1956 Yölinjalla, (I Walk the Line), 1962 Tuopin jäljet (The Marks of My Tankard), 1963 En päivääkään vaihtaisi pois (I Wouldn't Change A Day), 1979 Rautavaara's filmography Vain sinulle (1945) (Only for you) Synnin jäljet (1946) (Marks of sin) Kuudes käsky (1947) (Sixth order) Kultamitalivaimo (1947) Sinut minä tahdon (1949) (I Want You) Aila, Pohjolan tytär (1951) (Aila, Daughter of North) Rion yö (1951) (Night of Rio) Salakuljettajan laulu (1952) (Song of smuggler) Pekka Puupää (1953) 2 hauskaa vekkulia (1953) (2 funny guys) Me tulemme taas (1953) (We are coming again) We Come During Spring (1953) Kummituskievari (1954) Veteraanin voitto (1955) Villi Pohjola (1955) (Wild North) Kaunis Kaarina (1955) No Tomorrow (1957) Kahden ladun poikki (1958) Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! (1960) Tähtisumua (1961) X-Paroni (1964) Anna (1970) See also List of