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Cult Comedian and Bathing Salt Star Gerd Knebel Is Dead

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He was part of the legendary duo "Badesalz: Now Gerd Knebel died at the age of 72.

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Knebel died after a "severe cancer" at the age of 72. He was part of the comedian duo "Badesalz".

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With his comedy partner Henni Nachtsheim, Gerd Knebel shaped the German-speaking comedy landscape as a duo "Badesalz". Now the comedian, author and musician died at the age of 72 as a result of a serious illness.

The musician, comedian and author, together with Henni Nachtsheim, made Hessian dialect and humor known nationwide. He became 72 years old.

·Munich, Germany
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The German musician and comedian of the group Badesalz, Gerd Knebel, is dead. He died yesterday at the age of 72, as his friend and stage partner Henni Nachtsheim told the German press agency.

·Germany
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He was known for his humor and creativity: Gerd Knebel, the popular comedian of the duo "Badesalz" from Hesse. He has now died at the age of 72 after a battle with cancer, surrounded by his family.

·Hamburg, Germany
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In the eighties he sang a meltdown with a Hessian accent, in the nineties he reached a million audience as a comedy duo bath salt. Gerd Knebel has now died of cancer.

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nordbayern.de broke the news in Germany on Sunday, January 25, 2026.
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