Name Urmas Ott | Role Journalist | |
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Died October 17, 2008, Tartu, Estonia Similar People Eino Baskin, Roksana Babayan, Evelin Voigemast, Silvi Vrait, Kabi Laretei | ||
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Urmas Ott (April 23, 1955 – October 17, 2008) was an Estonian television and radio journalist, and famous talk show host in Soviet Union, Estonia and Russia.
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- Urmas ott ja edgar savisaar valitud meeleolud 2002
- Urmas ott roksana babajan davnij razgavor
- Career
- Personal life
- Books
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Ott was born in Otepää and first appeared on the Soviet Channel One in 1986 as host of Television Acquaintance («Телевизионное знакомство») show. He later worked on Russian Channel One and Estonian ETV, hosting "Urmas Ott and Others" on the latter channel.
Urmas ott roksana babajan davnij razgavor
Career
On Television Acquaintance he interviewed well-known people, including Anatoly Karpov, Irina Rodnina, Ilya Glazunov and Alla Pugacheva. His style was intimate, usually facing the interviewee rather than the audience. He explained humorously that he appealed to Russian viewers because "I'm not one of them and I'm not foreign."
Personal life
He lived in Tallinn and died on 17 October 2008 in Tartu from a heart attack after a bone marrow transplantation undertaken to remedy leukemia.