Georg Heinrich Willem (Wim) Thoelke (9 May 1927 – 26 November 1995) was a German TV

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. Wim Thoelke worked during the 1960s and 1970s for TV sport serie ''

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'' on German channel

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. He was host of the TV game shows and in the 1970s and 1980s. Thoelke was born in

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. He was married and had two children. He died in , a district of

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Awards

* 1966:

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in category team camera for . * 1970:

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* 1975: Goldene Kamera in category Best gameshow-moderator for and (3rd place

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readers' choice)

Literature

* ''Wim Thoelke: Stars, Kollegen und Ganoven – eine Art Autobiographie''. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1995,

External links

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