Ernst-Paul Hasselbach

Ernst-Paul Hasselbach (23 May 1966 – 11 October 2008) was a Dutch TV host and producer. He hosted several shows on Dutch and Belgian television.

Ernst-Paul Hasselbach
Born(1966-05-23)23 May 1966
Paramaribo, Suriname
Died11 October 2008(2008-10-11) (aged 42)
Lom, Norway
OccupationTV Presenter
Notable credit(s)
Expeditie Robinson
Peking Express
71° Noord
RelativesHarald Hasselbach

Early years

Hasselbach was the son of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother. His father's work caused him to be raised around the world. Hasselbach lived in the Netherlands, Suriname, Kenya, Indonesia and Canada. After finishing secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, he returned to the Netherlands to study in Amsterdam. As well as his studies in "Academie voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding", he studied English at Vrije Universiteit.

Television career

Hasselbach started his television career in 1995. Between 2000 and his death in 2008 he hosted and produced ten editions of Expeditie Robinson, the Dutch-Belgian version of Survivor. In 2004 he hosted the first season of Peking Express.[1]

Personal life

His brother Harald Hasselbach was a Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos in 1997 and 1998.

Death

Ernst-Paul Hasselbach died in an automobile accident in Lom, Norway, while shooting the television show 71° Noord.[2] He left behind his girlfriend, Gracia Witteman, and their daughter as well as two sons from an earlier relationship.[1]

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gollark: And wildly inefficient.
gollark: Which would work but be excessive since you only need 1 bit per number.
gollark: Products of primes?
gollark: > and through the magic of mathematical properties of certain numbers, the state for thousands of bills can be stored in a single integer… bitfields?

References
  1. Ernst-Paul Hasselbach 1966-2008 (Obituary) - Trouw (in Dutch)
  2. Ernst-Paul Hasselbach (42) overleden - NU (in Dutch)
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