Günter Thews
Günter Thews (born May 3, 1945 in Celle ; † January 30, 1993 in Berlin ) was a German cabaret artist, member of the 3 Tornados (1977-1989).
Life
Günter Thews was a wholesaler at Edeka, completed his second education with a university entrance qualification, then studied theater and theology at the Free University of Berlin. He obtained his degree in 1978 with Arno Paul with a master's thesis on the Ohnsorg Theater . He worked as an assistant director in Studio Hamburg , worked as an actor in a Tatort (1978) and in Rosa von Praunheim's films Horror Vacui - Die Angst vor der Vleere (1984) and A Virus Knows No Morals (1986). He died of AIDS at the age of 47 and was buried in the Dreifaltigkeitskirchhof II in Berlin-Kreuzberg. On the Ufa site in Berlin-Tempelhof, an in-house street was named after him on his 70th birthday in 2015, the Tornado-Günter-Boulevard .
Web links
- Kuno Kruse On the death of Günter Thews, one of the Three Tornadoes: Somehow really true. In: Die Zeit , February 12, 1993, accessed May 9, 2020.
- Hans-Hermann Kotte Gier slips into the box. Obituary in: Die Tageszeitung , February 1, 1993, accessed on May 9, 2020.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thews, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cabaret artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1993 |
| Place of death | Berlin |