{"id":9216,"date":"2025-11-25T15:28:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:29:00","slug":"udo-kier-goodbye-to-an-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.teddyaward.tv\/en\/2025\/11\/25\/udo-kier-goodbye-to-an-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"Udo Kier: Goodbye to an Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We say goodbye to Udo Kier<\/strong> \u2013
our Special TEDDY AWARD recipient 2015<\/strong>,
a friend, an icon, a free spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Udo was more than an actor.
He was attitude, courage,
and a radical love for art and for otherness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his presence, he touched our stage,
our festival, and countless lives.
Warm, open, fearless \u2013
someone who made every space bigger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

simply by entering it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Udo,
thank you for your friendship,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

your trust, your light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You remain part of our story
and part of our family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your TEDDY AWARD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can watch the interview with Udo Kier on the occasion of his 2015 Special-TEDDY-AWARD at the laundry here<\/a>.

Presentation of the 2015 Special-TEDDY-AWARD to Udo Kier here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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