Tuesday، December 16، 2008
Inspector Derrick actor dies at age 85 in Germany

German actor Horst Tappert, seen here in 2004

BERLIN (AFP) — German actor Horst Tappert, who played Inspector Derrick in a long-running television police series shown in more than 100 countries, has died at age 85, celebrity magazine Bunte reported Monday.

Tappert died in a Munich clinic in southern Germany on Saturday, the magazine said, quoting his wife Ursula. The cause of death was not given.

"Derrick", a series in Germany which ran from 1973 to 1997, solved his cases through cold reasoning rather than brute force. full story