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Avo Uvezian, one of the symbols of American music and the author of «Strangers in the Night” hit as we as a the creator of the Avo line of premium cigars confessed that for a complete happiness he needs to visit his fatherland and see Ararat Mountain.

He is proud to be Armenian. Uvezian has made numerous accomplishments and gained international recognition in a life full of hardships, yet he has a dream unfulfilled - to be in Armenia.
 
“I will undoubtedly visit Armenia,” Uvezipn recently said at the ceremony of receiving a medal on the occasion of his birthday anniversary on behalf of Armenia’s prime minister

Singer Arman Hovhannisyan has posted footage from the award ceremony on his Facebook page.

Avo Uvezian was born in 1926, the son of a family of musicians in Beirut, after the family survived the mass slaughters of the Armenians in Turkey.

Uvezian’s success in business activity was as noticeable as in music. Recommended by his friend Jacque Melqonyan, who has experience in cigar production and marketing, Uvezian initiated his cigar business under Avo brand, which translated into Armenian as “good new”. 

According to reports, Fidel Castro personally used to call Uvezian to ask for several boxes of “Avo” cigars. George W. Bush reportedly approached Uvezian in a hotel to get acquainted with the producer of his favorite cigars.