Milen Tsvetkov ( bg, Милен Цветков; 30 July 1966 – 19 April 2020) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and

television host A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garner ...

. Tsvetkov was born in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

. From March 2011 to July 2018, he was the host of his own talk show on Nova Television, titled ''Milen Tsvetkov's Hour''. In 2008, it was announced that he would be the new host of the fourth season of Big Brother (airing on the same channel), replacing former host Niki Kunchev for only one season. Tsvetkov tragically died at age 53 in a car accident in Sofia which was caused by a driver under the influence of drugs.

References

1966 births 2020 deaths Journalists from Sofia Bulgarian television presenters Entertainers from Sofia Road incident deaths in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-journalist-stub