Aleksander "Sašo" Hribar (19 March 1960 – 8 September 2023) was a Slovenian radio and television presenter and comedian. His best-known contribution was as a
satirist
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and
impressionist
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on the radio show Radio Ga Ga. He was among the most popular radio personalities in Slovenia.
Life and career
Sašo Hribar was born in
Celje
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on 19 March 1960. He spent his childhood in
Grosuplje
Grosuplje (; )''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 108. is a town in central Slovenia, in the northwest of the traditional region of Lower ...
, and after finishing primary school he attended
Poljane Grammar School
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. He then studied
metallurgy
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in Ljubljana, but did not complete his studies.
In 1985, after an
audition
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and
voice training, he started his career as a radio presenter at
Radio Slovenia. During a night program, he introduced and conversed with a fictional character referred to as a
bioenergetitian. After positive feedback from the listeners, the radio show ' was launched on Friday, 6 April 1990, on the third program; the show has been thereafter broadcast each Friday and has moved to the first program. He also produced other radio programs, including ''Moja soseska'' (My Neighbourhood) on
Val 202.
Hribar also worked as a television presenter. In the early 1990s, he hosted the ''Titanik'' program on TV Slovenia, and later the programs ''Hri-bar'' and ''Na svoji žemlji''. As the representative of the employees in the Program Council of RTV Slovenia, he was deeply involved in the internal politics of the institution.
He also participated in broader political debates. In 2023, he sparked controversy by claiming that there had been no
war for Slovenia.
Hribar died from a heart attack on 8 September 2023, at the age of 63.
Just a few hours prior to his death, he had recorded the first episode of the new season of ''Radio Ga Ga''. Prominent figures, including President
Nataša Pirc Musar
Nataša Pirc Musar (born May 9, 1968) is a Slovenian attorney, author and politician who has served as the 5th President of Slovenia since 2022. She is a former information commissioner, Information Commissioner (2004–2014), a former journalis ...
and Prime Minister
Robert Golob
Robert Golob (born 23 January 1967) is a Slovenian businessman and politician, serving as Prime Minister of Slovenia and leader of the Freedom Movement since 2022.
Early life and education
Golob obtained his PhD in electrical engineering at th ...
expressed their condolences and reflected on Hribar's contributions to Slovenian satire and radio.
Awards
In 2006, Hribar received the
Ježek Award Ježek may refer to:
People:
* Frane Milčinski, a Slovene writer that used the pen name Ježek
* Ježek (surname), various people with the surname Ježek
Other:
* 27132 Ježek, a main belt asteroid
* Czech hedgehog, a static anti-tank obstacl ...
for creative achievement for the shows ''Radio Ga-ga'' and ''Hri-bar.'' He also received nine media
Viktor Award
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* Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname
Arts and entertainment
Film
* ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film
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s and a
Gong of Popularity.
References
External links
;Interviews
* Andraž Gombač
(INTERVIEW) Sašo Hribar on the Cult Radio Ga Ga, the TV Show Hri-bar, Janša, Pahor, Grims, Jelinčič, the Sun, Nature...(in Slovene). Primorske novice (2008).
* Tea Roglič
Sašo Hribar: In Capitalism You Don't Find This Out Until You're Old(in Slovene). Onaplus (2021).
* Grega Kališnik
The Right-wing God Manifests Itself in the Program Council(in Slovene). Delo (2023).
;Graduation theses
* Černela, Katja.
Sašo Hribar as a Phenomenon in the Slovenian Radio Landscape' (in Slovene). Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (2006).
* Leskovšek, Ana.
Parody and Satire in Radio Ga Ga' (in Slovene). Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (2016).
;Documentary film
Radio Ga Ga(in Slovene). 7 April 2020. RTV Slovenia.
;Reference
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1960 births
2023 deaths
Slovenian radio personalities
Slovenian television personalities
Impressionists (entertainers)
People from Grosuplje
Slovenian satirists