“said the old chief of the Indians” and “Brown bear and white dove,” made him known singer and actor Gus Backus at the age of 81 years died.
singer Gus Backus is dead. He died after a long illness at the age of 81 years at home, in Germering near Munich, as his children said.
A large funeral is planned. Backus will in the closest family circle, beige, said his daughter. “That was his desire.”
the man with The American accent
Born in New York under the name of Donald Edgar Backus was he in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s with Hits such as “Brown bear and white dove”, “As the voice of the old chief of the Indians” and “the man in The moon”, famous also because of his American accent.
As an actor Backus stood for more than 30 films in front of the camera. His most famous, he had a recurring role in the Austrian film Comedy, “Our great aunts” (1961) with his “Sauerkraut Polka”.
his 80. Birthday in September 2017, he had wished for in an interview with the German press Agency, to be 90 years old. Backus was several times married and leaves several children.