Guthrie Graham Tainton (17 September 1927 – 6 December 2024) was a South African-born Swedish dancer and choreographer.Several sources listed at PiplArticle in Expressen
Life and career Tainton was born in South Africa on 17 September 1927. He came to Sweden in 1959 with a large music ensemble, The Golden City Dixies.Svensk filmdatabas
Tainton was ABBA's choreographer,Article in VeckoRevyn 1978-10-25 and later appeared in UR's Living Room where he accounted for his early years in South Africa with Desmond Tutu as his priest and Nelson Mandela the lawyer who got him out of prison under apartheid.UR release 2004 He was also in the jury and appeared on a Swedish TV show called Floor Filler. In 2016, 88-year-old Tainton was honoured and interviewed on the popular Let's Dance (Swedish TV series).YouTube tribute 8 April 2016YouTube interview 8 April 2016
Tainton married Swedish Lill Sjöström in 1962 and they had a daughter Blossom Tainton-Lindquist that year. With his second wife Kristina Palmgren, also Swedish, he was the father of entertainment celebrities Kelly Tainton, Themba Tainton and David Tainton. Tainton was a cousin of Miriam Makeba. He died on 6 December 2024, at the age of 97, residing in Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden.
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