Tommy Tabermann

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Tommy Tabermann
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Born(1947-12-03)3 December 1947
Ekenäs, Finland
Died2 July 2010(2010-07-02) (aged 62)
Helsinki, Finland
OccupationPoet, Member of the Parliament
CitizenshipFinnish

Tommy Tabermann (3 December 1947, Ekenäs – 2 July 2010, Helsinki) was a Finnish contemporary poet and politician, radio personality and journalist. [1] Since 1998 and until 2006 he was known to Finnish audiences for his witty role as team captain in the weekly Saturday night television show Uutisvuoto , the Finnish version of Have I Got News For You , opposite the bestselling author Jari Tervo. Tervo characterised his popularity with the following anecdote: "When he was sixty, nine out of ten persons in an elevator at the Stockmann department store (in Helsinki) recognised him. The tenth person was Japanese." [1]

He left the show in the spring of 2007 in order to run for the Parliament of Finland. Running as a Social Democrat Party candidate, he secured a nomination with 4,972 votes. [2]

Tabermann came from a bilingual Swedish-Finnish family, both languages having been spoken in his childhood home. Despite being bilingual he wrote all his books in Finnish.

In August 2009 Tabermann was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. [3] He died on 2 July 2010. [4] He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. [5]

Tabermann was first and foremost known as a love poet, and was actually sometimes referred to as an "apostle of love". His good friend and Uutisvuoto co-team captain Jari Tervo wrote of his feelings for Tabermann with the following words: "Now I personally know what the price of love is: it is sorrow." [1]

Lähikuvassa Tommy Tabermann, a biography of the poet by Juha Numminen, was released in the autumn of 2010.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Helsingin Sanomat, July 4, 2010, p. B7.
  2. ↑ "Tabermann lupaa lisää rakkautta eduskuntaan", Helsingin Sanomat, March 18, 2007 (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ "Tommy Tabermann vakavasti sairas: Kasvain aivoissa | Uutiset | Iltalehti.fi". Archived from the original on 12 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Last Verse for Tommy Tabermann". yle.fi. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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