Monday, January 4, 2016

Cult musicians from East Berlin: Achim Mentzel is dead – ABC Online

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He was as Stimmungskanone and thoroughbred entertainer. His fans loved him for his humorous way. On Monday, born in East Berlin musicians Achim Mentzel died unexpectedly at the age of 69 years.

This was confirmed by his wife Brigitte on Monday the German Press Agency “In the morning, Achim already was not feeling well. He felt dizzy. He has blood pressure and glucose levels measured. But they were not striking, “she told the” Bild “. The exact cause of death is not yet known. The doctors would previously suspect a stroke or a heart attack.



At noon he had a coughing fit

At noon the musician suffered a coughing fit. “I called an ambulance. After 20 minutes he was there. As Achim was no longer approachable “

Mentzel said the wife of the newspaper. Came to the ICU in a hospital in Cottbus. He died about 13 clock. “I took at the bedside then farewell, had endless crying,” said his wife Brigitte.



Stimmungskanone and thoroughbred entertainer

Born in East Berlin was considered Stimmungskanone and thoroughbred entertainer. The humorous kind of Achim Mentzel was well received by his audience. He played in various musical groups, mostly in the hit area. 1973 Two-hundredweight-man of an appearance in West Berlin did not return at first, after a few months, however, he moved back to the GDR. Mentzel came into TV shows on, in the East and later in the West.

On his Facebook page mourns Oliver lime kiln to the pop star. “I just have no words,” Kalkofe wrote. “. Just need to wipe the tears from his eyes”

“Achim’s Hit Parade” made him known in the West

the end of 1989 received Mentzel still in the setting DDR his first TV show: “Achim’s Hit Parade”. The Central German Broadcasting (MDR) continued to broadcast after the turn continued and helped the entertainer so to prominence over the East of Germany.

Prime Minister of Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke (SPD) was shocked by the sudden death of the singer and presenter , “Achim Mentzel was cult. As a versatile artist, he was very popular,” the SPD politician said. The Potsdam State Chancellery had also included in the group of “Brandenburg heads” Mentzel. These are celebrities whose lives began in Brandenburg or the Brandenburg story about long or short crossing

This Tuesday evening the entertainers actually had in the NDR program “Gottschalk, Carrell & amp;. Co. – Show Master of Professional should “occur. The more times married artist is survived by his wife Brigitte several children.

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