For decades he was a constant at the Cologne carnival. Hans Süper has now died at the age of 86.
A size of the Rhenish carnival is dead: the musician and comedian Hans Süper (86 / Colonia Duett) died on Sunday. This was announced on his official Facebook page and by the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee. “The Cologne Carnival mourns the loss of Hans Süper,” said the committee. “His humor was second to none and his role on stage never equaled.”
From 1974 onwards, Süper and his partner Hans Zimmermann (“Dat Ei”) made millions of people laugh. With countless television appearances, “the little one” had become known nationwide. “He has always given a whole generation funny and carefree moments,” the festival committee honored him.
Süper’s performances with his “Flitsch” (mandolin) were a highlight of the session carnival. “Cologne and the carnival lost part of their hearts today,” it said on Sunday.
After the separation from Zimmermann, Süper appeared with Werner Keppel from 1991 as the Süper duet. At his official stage farewell 20 years ago in Cologne’s Gürzenich, everything that had rank and name in carnival came. “Carnival friends from Garmisch to Flensburg have known him for years and will miss him,” it said back then.
Source: Stern
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