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German TV star Horst Tappert dies


December 15, 2008 Horst Tappert was one of the biggest stars in show business, and no one in Hollywood ever knew his name. [...] Tappert's fans -- and they included Pope John Paul II and writer Umberto Eco -- saw something more. In an essay on "Derrick" and its phenomenal success in Italy, Eco called it "electrifying mediocrity."

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