Dirk Bach

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Dirk Bach
Bach in 2009
Born(1961-04-23)23 April 1961
Cologne, West Germany
Died1 October 2012(2012-10-01) (aged 51)
Berlin, Germany
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • television presenter
Years active1980–2012
PartnerThomas

Dirk Bach (23 April 1961 – 1 October 2012) was a German actor, comedian and television presenter, best known as the co-host of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.[1]

Career

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Bach was born in Cologne.[2] After school, he worked in theatres in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York, Utrecht, and Vienna.[3] In 1992, Bach was a member of the theatre group in Cologne at the Schauspielhaus and appeared on the German television channel RTL on the Dirk Bach Show.[3] He performed in Lukas (1996–2001) on the German TV channel ZDF, for which he received the Telestar award (1996), the German Comedy Award (1999), and the Goldene Kamera (2001).

In 2002, Bach starred in Der kleine Mönch on ZDF. He worked in Sesamstraße, the German version of Sesame Street, as the character Pepe. He often performed with Hella von Sinnen on different television productions. Starting 2004, Bach and Sonja Zietlow presented the German edition of the show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. In 2005, he played the character Urmel in Urmel aus dem Eis (Impy's Island), In 2006, Bach was host of the German game show Frei Schnauze on RTL. In 2010, he appeared as Pastor Hinze on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe, in which he performed the first church wedding between two men ever dramatized on German television with characters Oliver Sabel and Christian Mann.[4][5]

Other work

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Bach was an LGBT activist[citation needed] and member of the LSVD organisation (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany). He was part of the campaign to bring the 2010 Gay Games to Cologne.[6] He also helped Amnesty International and the organization PETA.

Personal life and death

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Bach lived together with his partner Thomas in Cologne.[7]

Bach died on 1 October 2012 in Berlin at the age of 51 from presumed heart failure.[8][9]

Television

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Bach in 2005
Bach alongside Hella von Sinnen in 2006

References

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