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Kurt Felix (television presenter)

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Kurt Felix
Kurt Felix
Born27 March 1941
Wil, Switzerland
Died16 May 2012
Saint-Gall, Switzerland
Occupation(s)TV host, entertainer
SpousePaola del Medico (m. 1980)

Kurt Felix (27 March 1941 – 16 May 2012) was a Swiss television presenter and entertainer.

Biography

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In the 1970s, Felix developed and hosted Teleboy, the most watched TV-programme in the history of the Swiss television (DRS).[1] The show is considered to be a predecessor of Surprise, Surprise. Felix and his wife, singer Paola Del Medico, hosted Verstehen Sie Spaß?, a Candid Camera-style show, for the German TV station ARD between 1981 and 1990. Each episode attracted around 30 million viewers in Central Europe.[2] He developed several TV-formats popular in Germany and Switzerland such as Stoeck, Wyss, Stich in 1968 (one of the first interactive programmes of the world) or That's TV (Chaplin-award, Rose d'Or award);[3][4]

Felix died in St. Gallen due to thymoma on 16 May 2012.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Kurt Felix ist tot". Der Spiegel. 19 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Kurt Felix. Die Legende der TV-Unterhaltung in den Tessiner Bergen".
  3. ^ "Bei Kurt Felix konnten auch die Opfer lachen". Berliner Morgenpost. 19 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Kurt Felix". 29 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Kurt Felix ist tot". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 19 May 2012.
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