Agnieszka Osiecka
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Agnieszka Osiecka (b.October 9, 1936 in Warsaw, Poland - d.March 7, 1997) was a Polish poet, journalist, and songwriter.
Osiecka wrote over 2000 songs during the course of her life, and her songs were performed by such artists as Maryla Rodowicz, Slawa Przybylska, Seweryn Krajewski, Violetta Villas and Krystyna Janda.
Married three times, Osiecka's first marriage was in 1963 to Wojciech Frykowski. They divorced in 1964. Frykowski died in 1969, a victim of the murders committed by Charles Manson and his followers. Her third marriage to Polish journalist Daniel Passent bore the couple one daughter, Agata Passent, in 1973.
She lived in the 1980s for a time in New York City and would visit the U.S. more than a dozen times before her death from colon cancer at the age of 60 in Warsaw. She is buried in Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery.
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