Bobby Lugano
Bobby Lugano (born November 27, 1917 in Vienna ; † March 19, 1994 there ; actually Kurt Drössler ) was an Austrian entertainer, member of the Magic Club Vienna and a well-known ORF television magician.
Life
Lugano grew up in Bad St. Leonhard in the Lavant Valley . His learned profession was that of civil engineering. During his military service in World War II, he was assigned to " Luftgau Norway", from which he later derived his stage name: Lu ft ga u No rwegen. The fact that he claimed to be a vaudeville artist by profession may have saved his life as he was then assigned to a front theater company.
In 1964 Bobby Lugano was one of the actors in the six-part television series " Don't despair - ask Stangl ", where he also played a magician.
He became known with the ORF programs such as "Bobby and Strolchi", "Bobby and the Magic Lamp" and many others. Together with the clown Arminio Rothstein , he produced 40 bedtime sweets in 1979 under the title “The magic box with Bobby and Habakuk” . He also performed as a magician at Am dam des .
Characteristic of Bobby Lugano was that he performed with the dog "Strolchi", a hand puppet, that he used a pinch of "magic salt" for his magic tricks and that he commented on failed magic tricks with the words "Yes, one should be able to do magic".
Until his death in a private clinic in Vienna- Döbling , Bobby Lugano owned a small café on Hütteldorfer Strasse in the Breitensee part of the 14th district.
Kurt Drössler does not have his own grave because he bequeathed his body to anatomy . Bobby Lugano's son also works as a magician under the stage name Jimmy Lugano.
Honors
- Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna (presented on February 8, 1979)
- Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna (presented on April 22, 1988)
swell
- Daily newspaper Kurier (March 22, 1994)
- Kronenzeitung newspaper (March 27, 1979)
Web links
- Photo by Bobby Lugano ( Memento from January 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- Bobby Lugano in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ Series lexicon: Do not despair - ask Stangl ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lugano, Bobby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drössler, Kurt (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian television magician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1994 |
| Place of death | Vienna |