Vicco von Bülow

von Bülow in 1971

Bernhard-Victor Christoph-Carl von Bülow, short: Vicco von Bülow, alias Loriot (12 November 1923 – 22 August 2011) was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, movie director, actor and writer.

He is best known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series Loriot, alongside Evelyn Hamann, and his two movies, Ödipussi (1988) and Pappa Ante Portas (1991).

Von Bülow was born in Brandenburg an der Havel. He died on 22 August 2011 in Ammerland at Lake Starnberg, Germany from natural causes, aged 87.

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German humorist Vicco von Bülow, alias Loriot – the picture was taken in 2011
Loriot's famous sofa from Loriot, reproduced in bronze, outside the Radio Bremen headquarters
Gravestone of Loriot at Friedhof Heerstraße, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin. Visitors have left rubber ducks on it in a tribute to one of Loriot's best-known sketches.
Vicco von Bülow alias Loriot. The Artist during a reading in 2005 - shown on a private photograph. The print was sent to the artist and hand-signed in the lower right corner. Digitalized by scanning and free for use.
Obituary notice from the German division of the Art Directors Club, of which he was a honorary member, after his death. The German text means "Dear God, have fun!"
Star for Loriot on the Boulevard der Stars [de] in Berlin, Potsdamer Platz

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