What is Dieter Thomas Heck?
[[File:Dieter Thomas Heck (2011) cropped.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Heck in October 2011]] '''Dieter Thomas Heck''' (born '''Carl-Dieter Heckscher'''; 29 December 1937&nbsp;– 23 August 2018) was a German television presenter, singer and actor. He was known as the presenter of the TV program ''[[ZDF-Hitparade]]''. As an actor, he starred in the TV play ''[[Das Millionenspiel]]'' in 1970. He was born in [[Flensburg]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]. Heck died from complications of [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]] on 23 August 2018 in [[Berlin]] at the age of 80.<ref>[https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/heck-105.html Mister Hitparade Dieter Thomas Heck ist tot] Tagesschau, 24 August 2018</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.berliner-kurier.de/panorama/dieter-thomas-heck-sein-schlager-koenigreich,7169224,11021604.html Dieter Thomas Heck: Sein Schlager-Königreich], ''[[Berliner Kurier]]'' 18 October 2011 {{in lang|de}} *Frank Patalong: [http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,793006,00.html Stigma Stottern / Wenn eine Wand im Mund steht], ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' 22 October 2011 {{in lang|de}} *[http://www.rhein-sieg-anzeiger.ksta.de/html/fotolines/1287569473200/rahmen.shtml?9 Die berühmtesten Stotterer der Welt]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Rhein-Sieg-Anzeiger'' {{in lang|de}} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heck, Dieter Thomas}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from COPD]] [[Category:German movie actors]] [[Category:German television actors]] [[Category:German television presenters]] [[Category:German singers]] [[Category:Actors from Hamburg]]