Püppi
Püppi (* 9. October 2000 in Cologne , † 18 October 2011 ibid) was a Pomeranian - Chihuahua - mixed breed dog by the TV show Stratmanns of Ludger Stratmann became known.
Life
Püppi belonged to a man who became unemployed in 1998, who became homeless and tried to keep his head above water by selling a street newspaper . The WDR television became aware of the bitch and engaged her for the show "Stratmanns" by the cabaret artist Ludger Stratmann. She became a Cologne celebrity and met celebrities, including Richard von Weizsäcker , Oliver Pocher and his wife Alessandra , Wolfgang Joop and Peter Maffay, as well as football stars such as Wolfgang Overath and Christoph Daum . However, Daum did not agree that Püppi's owner had postcards printed by him and the dog in 2007, which were provided with a text that did not suit Daum.
Püppi became a media darling and featured on the covers of national magazines such as Chrismon and Neue Woche .
The bitch also appeared in performances at the Cologne Opera , for example in 2007 in the staging of the opera burlesque X-mal Rembrandt , which was performed in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum , and most recently on October 17, 2011 in the performance of La traviata .
18 October 2011 its owner had the dog for a cancer to sleep . In the Stratmanns show after her death, her photo was shown with a black ribbon .
Web links
- Website about Püppi
- Markus Krücken, Herbert Brucco: Tschö, Püppi, you are now in dog heaven In: Express online from October 21, 2011
- Regular guests of “Stratmanns” on the WDR website
- Püppi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The animal with various celebrities in a series of images from the Express
Individual evidence
- ↑ Püppi barks - Daum growls ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Kölner Express from July 2, 2007
- ↑ Media reports ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Pueppi-Koeln.de
- ^ Chrismon front page, issue 2/2009
- ↑ New Week Issue 52 from December 23, 2010
- ↑ Sandra Ebert: Crazy Opera in the Museum In: Express from December 18, 2007
- ^ Annette Schroeder: The Cologne Opera plays Rembrandt X times in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum In: Kölnische Rundschau from December 18, 2007