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- Died
- Birth nameRainer Pries
- Fips Asmussen was born on April 30, 1938 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Konsul Möllers Erben (1983), Eine geschiedene Frau (1974) and Großstadtrevier (1986). He was married to Heidi. He died on August 9, 2020 in Querfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
- SpouseHeidi (her death, 3 children)
- He attended an advertising academy, and graduated with a diploma as a skilled typesetter.
- Since the early 1970s, he worked as a comedian, mostly on stage, sometimes on radio and TV. Many of his performances were released as frequently best-selling sound recordings.
- He was frequently the butt of jokes by other comedians, but gained a cult following in Germany.
- Asmussen's version of "Mein Gott Walter" by Mike Krüger appeared in German single charts. He made parodies of other songs., and wrote also several books.
- Asmussen accused the entertainer and comedian Dieter Hallervorden several times of using various gags without his consent, such as the famous "bottle of French fries" skit ("Palim-Palim"), which Hallervorden bought for his program from the entertainer Heinz Quermann. This controversy was eventually parodied by Harald Schmidt and Oliver Pocher in the show "Schmidt & Pocher".
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