Ernst-Paul Hasselbach

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Ernst-Paul Hasselbach
Born 23 May 1966
Paramaribo, Suriname
Died 11 October 2008
Lom, Norway
Occupation TV Presenter
Notable credit(s) Expeditie Robinson
Peking Express
71° Noord
Relatives Harald Hasselbach

Ernst-Paul Hasselbach (Paramaribo, 23 May 1966 – 11 October 2008) was a Dutch TV host and producer. He hosted several shows on Dutch and Belgian television.

Hasselbach was the son of a Dutch father and a Surinamese mother. His father's work caused him to be raised around the world. Hasselbach lived in the Netherlands, Suriname, Kenya, Indonesia and Canada. After finishing secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, he returned to the Netherlands to study in Amsterdam. As well as his studies in "Academie voor Lichamelijke Opvoeding", he studied English at Vrije Universiteit.

Hasselbach started his television career in 1995. Between 2000 and his death in 2008 he hosted and produced ten editions of Expeditie Robinson; the Dutch-Belgium version of Survivor. In 2004 he hosted the first season of Peking Express.

Hasselbach died in an automobile accident in Lom, Norway, while shooting the television show 71° Noord.

His brother Harald Hasselbach was a Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos in 1997 and 1998.

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