Achim Mentzel (15 July 1946 – 4 January 2016) was a German musician, television presenter and actor. He was best known for hosting his show ''Achims Hitparade'' from 1989 to 2006 and for his work with

Oliver Kalkofe Oliver Lars Fred Kalkofe (born 12 September 1965) is a German actor, comedian, satirist, writer and audiobook narrator. Life and career Kalkofe was born in Hanover and grew up in Engelbostel and Peine. After passing the Abitur in 1984, he fi ...

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Kalkofes Mattscheibe ''Kalkofes Mattscheibe'' is a German satirical television show starring Oliver Kalkofe. The show's title is a pun based upon the fact that the German word ''Mattscheibe'' can mean "television screen" as well as a "mental blackout". In it, Kalkofe ...

''). He released 23 singles and seven albums between 1978 and 2010. He was a member of the cover band, Fritzens Dampferband (), together with

Nina Hagen Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is ...

. He appeared in the films ''

The Legend of Paul and Paula ''Die Legende von Paul und Paula'' (; English: ''The Legend of Paul and Paula'') is a 1973 tragicomic East German film directed by Heiner Carow. A novel by Ulrich Plenzdorf named ''Die Legende vom Glück ohne Ende'' was based on this film. Th ...

'' (1973) and ''

Der Wixxer Der Wixxer (; a reference to German "Wichser", ''wanker'') is a 2004 German parody of comparable German crime films based on works by Edgar Wallace, especially the film '' Der Hexer'' (1964) – a German adaption of ''The Ringer''. The fil ...

'' (2004), and the television shows ''

Das Amt ''Das Amt'' was a German comedy television series which aired between 1997 and 2002 on RTL. The series consisting of seven seasons, originally aired on RTL from 1997 to 2003. Jochen Busse, in the lead role of Hagen Krause, along with an ensemble ...

'' and ''

Leipzig Homicide ''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leipz ...

''. Mentzel was born in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. He was married four times and had eight children. Mentzel died on 4 January 2016 in

Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

, aged 69. It is believed the cause was a

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