Urmas Ott

Urmas Ott
Born23 April 1955
Otepää, Valga County, Estonia
Died17 October 2008(2008-10-17) (aged 53)
Tartu, Estonia
Awards

Urmas Ott (April 23, 1955 – October 17, 2008) a/k/a Oti Ummi, was an Estonian television and radio journalist, and talk show host in Soviet Union, Estonia and Russia.

Ott was born in Otepää and first appeared on the Soviet Channel One in 1986 as host of Television Acquaintance (Russian: Телевизионное знакомство) show. He later worked on Russian Channel One and Estonian ETV, hosting "Urmas Ott and Others" on the latter channel.

Career

On television he interviewed well-known people, including Anatoly Karpov, Boris Spassky, Irina Rodnina, Ilya Glazunov, Chuck Norris 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.

Books

References

  1. ↑ "President Ilves sent a letter of condolence to Urmas Ott's family". Estonia, Office of the President. October 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences over the death of journalist Urmas Ott". President of Russia. October 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  3. ↑ http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/445350 Urmas Ott 1955–2008 (Estonian)
  4. ↑ Первый канал. Зарубежное и тематическое вещание / Эфир / Телевизионное знакомство. Людмила Гурченко
  5. ↑ "Чак Норрис. Интервью московскому телевидению 1998 год — Video | VK". vk.com. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  6. ↑ Урмас Отт: «Со мной уже не случится очень многого»
  7. 1 2 3 "Piercing The Privacy Veil". TIME Magazine. Oct 10, 1988. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  8. ↑ Suri Urmas Ott (Estonian)