HomeNewsArno Dübel: Germany’s “most famous unemployed” dies
For decades, the man from Hamburg has bragged about his consistent refusal to work in television. The 67-year-old man died in hospital.
Alexandre Schmaltz
05/23/2023 | updated on 23.05.2023 – 21:39
Arno Dübel in 2010 at the Hamburg party “Schlagersahne”. images of imago
The long-term unemployed Arno Dübel, who became known through television, has died. The man, often referred to as “Germany’s most famous unemployed person”, died at Hamburg University Hospital after a long illness at the age of 67, reports the Hamburger Morgenpost (Mopo) late on Tuesday. Before that, he lived in a retirement home in Rahlstedt.
After a year-long break from broadcasting, Dübel announced last year that he would finally start work. According to media reports, he wanted to be a TV star. A “manager” appeared who allegedly bought all the rights to the “Arno Dübel brand”. But his promise to help Dübel with his acting career had no noticeable effect.
Arno Dübel, born on January 13, 1956 in Bornum, is a controversial figure. He became known for his life of 46 years without gainful employment, and therefore as the German citizen who lived the longest at the expense of the state.
Arno Dübel: “Anyone who works is stupid”
Dübel was the man for whom the word “consonant prominence” seems to have been invented: according to his own statements, he had been unemployed since dropping out of apprenticeship in 1976. anger on talk shows like “Arabella” because he refused to work and preferred to live off the state. Attempts to make a career as a singer with the dubious reputation of being the most unwilling to work Hartz IV recipient also failed: the hit singles (“Der Klugere kippt nach”, “Ich bin noch lieb”) flopped.
