Hans Beck Playmobil. During the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Beck was among the 100 German personalities who were honored with a statue within the German Pavilion. He died at the age of 79 on 30 January 2009 after a serious illness. Hans Beck Hans Beck (6 May 1929, Greiz – 30 January 2009, Markdorf) was the German inventor of Playmobil toys. He is thus often called "The Father of Playmobil". Born in Greiz, Thuringia, Beck grew up in the town of Zirndorf. He trained as a cabinet maker and made small toy vehicles and figures for his younger siblings. He presented
Nils Bech Nils Bech Nils Bech (born April 8, 1981, in Hønefoss) is a Norwegian singer, signed to James Murphy's DFA Records. Bech got famous for performing a classic Christmas anthem O Holy Night for the Norwegian TV series Skam. His version of O Holy Night got more than 1 million of streams on Spotify on the day it was published placing him in the top of the global charts. Bech was raised in a small Norwegian village outside Oslo and began performing in a very young age when he was singing at the Salvation Army for his grandmother and her friends.