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Events on Wednesday 6 December 2000 1
1920 – 2000Werner Klemperer (1920-2000)Died 6 December 2000, aged 80Werner Klemperer, son of the conductor Otto Klemperer, fled Nazi Germany as a boy and became an American actor. He won two Emmy Awards as the bumbling Colonel Klink in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes, taking the role on condition that Klink always be outwitted. He was also an accomplished concert narrator and singer.