Andy Töfferl
Andreas "Andy" Töfferl (24 July 1955 in Wolfsberg, Carinthia; - 5 May 2012 in Graz, Styria[1]) was an Austrian multi-instrumentalist, actor and entertainer. From 1990 until 2001 he was a member of the Austrian band Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung and amongst others was a colleague of .
Life[]
Töfferl completed an apprenticeship as a commercial employee. Even as a teenager, he mastered several musical instruments. In the 1980s he founded the Andy J. Sam Phoenix Gang and opened the Sam-Sportstudio in Graz.
In 1986, Töfferl got married and divorced two years later. He had a daughter from this marriage.
In the summer of 1990 he had replaced the Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung keyboardist , who had left due to personal reasons. He was best known for his acting roles, which he performed for the first time on the Neppomuk tour in 1991.
Death[]
On the morning of 5 May 2012, Töfferl suffered a severe heart attack while watching television due to a burst aneurysm [2] and he fell into a coma. He died in the circle of his family in LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz (LKH-University Hospital Graz). He was buried on 12 May 2012 in his last place of residence - Fernitz in Styria.[3]
External links[]
- Nachruf in der Kleinen Zeitung (in German)
- Andy Töfferl Live Show 2012 (Ausschnitt) (in German)
References[]
- ^ ORF-Online: Ex-EAV-Keyboarder Andy Töfferl tot; accessed on 6th May 2012
- ^ Bericht Mitteldeutsche Zeitung
- ^ Bericht über die Beerdigung von Andy Töfferl
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- 1955 births
- 2012 deaths
- Austrian male musicians
- Austrian male actors