Peter Rapp: The “showmaster of Austria” has died

Peter Rapp is dead. The Austrian moderator, actor and singer died in Vienna at the age of 81. That gave on Friday, for the Rapp for many years as a columnist. The newspaper did not call his anniversary of his death, just as little as a cause of death. It is only said that a “long suffering” is now over for the entertainer.

The Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen as the “showmaster of Austria”. “His spontaneity, naturalness and his sense of humor have millions of Austrians: inspired on the inside of TV and radio.”

“Few people manage to have always been there,” Van der Bellen also wrote. Peter Rapp’s TV career began in 1963, when the former Viennese singer boy appeared as a singer in “People of Today” and as a cabaret artist in “teenage party”.

From 1968 to 1978 the rock fan moderated the music show “Spotlight” on ORF, which he subsequently described as his most important show. International rock stars also performed in the youth music show. With “Wurlitzer”, another music program followed in 1987, in which Rapp received audience wishes. Also from 1987 he won with “Hoppala: bankruptcy, bad luck and breakdown” dream rates. He also moderated the “letterless show”, was the face of the “light in the dark” gala and juror at the ORF talent show “The Great Chance”.

Peter Rapp won the important Austrian entertainment award Romy three times as the most popular show moderator. His trademark was the “Henriquatre” beard. When he once stepped in front of the camera, it was hailed by spectator protests. Next time his face was hairy again.

Peter Rapp was also popular on German television and worked, among other things, as a moderator for ZDF and ARD. In ZDF, it led through the children’s show “Babbelgamm” around 1977 to 1985. From 1987 to 1991 he moderated the ZDF game show “Tele-As” alongside Carolin Reiber (84).

Peter Rapp was married three times, including the actress and theater director Sissy Löwinger (1940-2011). He leaves three children.