Willi Resetarits
Musician dies in an accident at the age of 73
Wilhelm Thomas “Willi” Resetarits was 73 years old.
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Musician Willi Resetarits, who also made a name for himself as “Ostbahn-Kurti”, died in an accident at the age of 73.
The Austrian musician and human rights activist Willi Resetarits is dead. He died according to a “Krone” report according to Sunday in Vienna at the age of 73 from the consequences of an unspecified accident. The star’s family, who was also known as his fictional character “Ostbahn-Kurti”, confirmed this to the newspaper. Resetarits was known for reinterpreting famous international songs in Austrian dialect.
On Twitter, Austria’s Chancellor Karl Nehammer (49) honors Resetarits with the words: “The death of Willi Resetarits really shakes me. He accompanied me through my youth and I have attended many concerts. He inspired generations with his songs. His feeling for the concerns of the people, which he processed in them, will remain unforgotten .”
His fight for a good cause
Resetarits opened the Vienna Refugee Ball last Saturday. Away from music, he put his heart and soul into various human rights organizations. He founded the Integrationshaus Wien and was a co-founder of Asyl in Not and SOS Mitmensch.