Dezider Ursiny a.k.a. Dežo Ursiny (IPA: ['deʒo 'ʊrsini]) (4 October 1947 - 2 May 1995) was a Slovak rock musician and a television and film screenwriter and director. He is regarded as one of the most important personalities of Slovak rock music and one of the most talented and unique Slovak popular music composers. His career started in the mid-1960s as a lead guitarist and singer with the Bratislava band The Beatmen. He founded The Soulmen in