Karl Dall is dead: comedian died at the age of 79

The comedian and actor Karl Dall is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 79, the dpa news agency reported, citing a letter from Dalls family. Dalls long-time manager Ute Shaw told the AFP news agency, citing Dalls family, that Dall had “fell asleep peacefully.”

Dall did not recover from a stroke he suffered twelve days ago, reports the dpa. “Despite the use of all technological and intensive care measures, he fell asleep peacefully today without having regained consciousness”, dpa quoted from the family’s letter. Dall left a wife, daughter and granddaughter. “He was not only a popular comedian and entertainer, but above all an exceptionally lovable and nice person,” it said.

Dall had taken on the role of old rock star Richie Sky in the daily ARD series »Rote Rosen« since the beginning of November. In Lüneburg, where the telenovela is being filmed, he suffered a stroke with cerebral haemorrhage on November 11th. Filming was then interrupted.

That’s how Dall’s career went

The career of the Hamburg-based East Frisian who came from Emden began in 1967 with the humorous-anarchist group Insterburg & Co (“I loved a girl”). When the stupid group split up in 1979, Dall had already made contact with television. In the eighties he was often on the show “Do you understand fun?”

The stupid bard got his career going, especially in the mid-1980s, when he joined the newly founded private broadcaster RTL. As an actor, he has appeared in front of the camera for numerous productions, including many comedies and erotic films such as “Sunshine Reggae on Ibiza” (1983). Most recently, he was occasionally in TV series such as “Notruf Hafenkante” and “Großstadtrevier”. Dall said goodbye to the touring stage in 2017 after 50 years. But he didn’t want to retire, as he announced.

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