Zanillya farrell biography sample

If your dad was a pop star ­with a multi-million selling Christmas single then this time of year should be extra cheery.

But for Zanillya Farrell – daughter of Boney M front man Bobby – the ­memories are bittersweet whenever she hears Mary’s Boy Child on the radio.

This will be the second Christmas since she lost her beloved father, who was 61 when he died in a hotel room in Russia on December 30,

Bobby Farrell was the larger-than-life performer who fronted one of the world’s most successful acts with hit after hit at the height of the 70s disco boom.

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He went from poverty to riches – and back again, leaving allegations he was cheated out of a fortune by German record ­producer Frank Farian.

Zanillya, 29, has talked for the first time about her late father, revealing her belief that Boney M drove him to drugs and booze and wrecked his marriage.

And she called on Farian to account for his part in Bobby’s declin