Wilhelm Resetarits known as Willi Resetarits and Dr. Kurt Ostbahn was an Austrian singer, comedian and human rights activist.
He was born on December 21, 1948, in Stinatz, Austria.
Resetarits began his career in 1969 as part of the political rock group Schmetterlinge, representing Austria at the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest in London.
In the 1980s he experienced his breakthrough when he developed the stage character Ostbahn-Kurti and sang well-known titles in the Viennese dialect.
Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire” became “Feia” and he covered the rhythm and blues classic “I Hear You Knocking” as “I hea di klopfen”.
Resetarits also turned to the traditional Viennese song, giving it a heavy dose of blues.
In 2019, the musician received the honorary award of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate as part of the German cabaret awards.
The artist was recently committed to refugees.
Willi Resetarits Car Accident, Cause Of Death
According to reports, Willi Resetarits died on April 24, 2022, in Vienna at the age of 73.
He was involved in an accident on Sunday.
Willi Resetarits’ death was confirmed by his friend Musician Vusa Mkhaya on Twitter.
Vusa Mkhaya tweeted; “Yesterda I invited you onstage to sing one song with me , not knowing that it will be your final song. Farewell my friend. RIP #WilliResetarits”.
Willi Resetarits Wife
Willi Resetarits was married to Roswitha Hofer.
Willi Resetarits Children
There are no details about Willi Resetarits’ children on the web.