Fred Fussbroich
The TV star died at the age of 81
Fred Fussbroich passed away.
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Fred Fussbroich is dead. The father of the Cologne documentary family Fussbroich was 81 years old. He became known in the late 1980s.
Mourning for TV star Fred Fussbroich: The head of the well-known Cologne documentary family Fussbroich died at the age of 81. On the Facebook page of Fred Fussbroich’s son Frank (54) numerous expressions of condolence can be read. Frank Fussbroich’s profile picture is also colored black. The “Express” had previously reportedthat the family environment “confirmed the sad news”.
WDR documentary made family famous
The Fussbroich family, consisting of Fred, his wife Annemie and son Frank, became known through their docu-soap, which has been broadcast on WDR television since the late 1980s. The director Ute Diehl received the Grimme Prize in 1992. “Die Fussbroichs” is considered the first German TV docu-soap and was filmed from 1989 to 2001. It paved the way for other reality formats.
Frank Fussbroich went to the “Summer House of the Stars” with his wife Elke in 2018, and in the end the couple finished third. He also took part in the big “jungle show” in 2021.