Kurt Felix (television presenter)

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

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

Biography

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
  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.
  5. "Kurt Felix ist tot". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 19 May 2012.
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