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Hamburg (AP) - The comedian and actor Karl Dall is dead. He died on Monday at the age of 79, as his family announced to the German press agency.
Dall has not recovered from a stroke he suffered twelve days ago.
«Despite the use of all technological and intensive care measures, he fell asleep peacefully today without having regained consciousness beforehand.
He leaves behind a wife, daughter and granddaughter, ”said the family's letter.
"He was not only a popular comedian and entertainer, but above all an exceptionally lovable and nice person."
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 then suffered a stroke with cerebral haemorrhage on November 11th.
Dall started his career with the Insterburg & Co group.
Later he moderated talk shows on television as a stupid bard and joke, placed himself in the charts with hits like “This disc is a hit” and “Millions of women love me” and stood as an actor in mostly smaller roles for various comedies.
The entertainer has not had his own TV program like the formats "Dall-As" (1985-1991 on RTL) and "Jux und Dallerei" (1992-1994) on Sat.1 for a long time.