Actor Thomas Gumpert is dead. The TV star died at the age of 68.
He became famous through the soap "Forbidden Love".
Actor Thomas Gumpert died at the age of 68.
He became a star through the ARD soap "Verbotene Liebe".
Acting colleagues and his husband say goodbye on social networks.
In the meantime it is also clear what Thomas Gumpert died of.
Update from January 8th, 2021:
After the death of
Thomas Gumpert
, the grief is still great.
Countless fans say goodbye to the popular actor
on
and other social networks.
His role in the
ARD soap
“Verbotene Liebe” will be remembered by many fans.
It is now also known what Gumpert died of.
Already on Thursday it was said that Gumpert had died after a short, serious illness.
As the
picture
reports, he
suffered from
cancer
.
He
also died
on
Thursday morning
.
Gumpert probably did not make his illness public until his death.
How long he had been battling cancer and what type of disease it was is not known.
The acting star, who died at the age of 68, left behind his
husband
Volker Gumpert-Rosin.
In the social networks, he said goodbye to the popular TV star.
"I am infinitely sad," he wrote on his
Facebook and Instagram channels
.
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Actor Thomas Gumpert is dead.
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Well-known German actor died: he became a star through an ARD series
First report from January 7th, 2021:
Berlin - Great sadness in the German acting world!
TV star and theater actor
Thomas Gumpert
is dead. In the early morning hours of January 7th he died after a short, serious illness, his agency "60plus" confirmed to the news portal
t-online.de
.
As the
picture
reports, he is said to have suffered from cancer.
He was only
68 years
old.
Gumpert became
a star
with his role in the ARD soap
"Verbotene Liebe"
.
There he played from 2003 to 2008 the role of
"Johannes Graf von Lahnstein"
.
His character finally died serial death in 2008.
He had already played two smaller guest roles on the show in the 90s.
After his “Forbidden Love” time, Gumpert played in the ZDF telenovela
“Alisa - follow your heart”
and series such as “Die Rosenheim-Cops” or “Alarm für Cobra 11”.
Most recently he was seen in a role in the RTL series
"Beck is back"
.
Thomas Gumpert is dead: In addition to TV roles, he was also a star on the theater stage
In addition to TV roles, Gumpert was also
extremely active
on the
theater stage
.
Since 1972 he has played regularly in the
German National Theater
in Weimar.
He also appeared in the Schauspielhaus and Theater im Palast Berlin.
He
played the leading role
in the first performance of
Sebastian Fitzek's
psychological thriller “The Soul Breaker” at the Berlin Criminal Theater.
The actor is mourned in the acting world.
His colleague
Katy Karrenbauer
reacted on Facebook to the news, dismayed.
“And this year begins sadly too!
Have a good trip, dear Thomas.
It has always been a great pleasure to work with you, ”she wrote, offering her condolences to family and friends.
Even
Felix Isenbügel
took moving from actor farewell.
The former
"GZSZ" star
had stood on the theater stage together with Gumpert.
“Thomas was a colleague for me, whom I could trust 100% from the first try.
We challenged each other while playing and I really enjoyed every conversation and working with him.
I will never forget him ”, he found emotional words about the death of his valued colleague.
(han)
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