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| Heinz Wolff, Great Egg Race presenter and scientist, dies | Heinz Wolff, Great Egg Race presenter and scientist, dies |
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| Renowned scientist and TV presenter Heinz Wolff has died, aged 89. | |
| The German-born inventor, famed for hosting BBC Two's long-running science show The Great Egg Race, died of heart failure on 15 December, his family said in a statement. | |
| A former advisor to the European Space Agency, he later moved to London's Brunel University to work on projects linked to the ageing population. | |
| Brunel colleagues described him as an "inventive and inspirational leader". | |
| A Jewish refugee, Wolff moved to the UK from Berlin aged 11 on the day World War Two broke out in September 1939. | A Jewish refugee, Wolff moved to the UK from Berlin aged 11 on the day World War Two broke out in September 1939. |
| He went on to graduate from University College London with a first-class honours degree in physiology and physics. | He went on to graduate from University College London with a first-class honours degree in physiology and physics. |
| Wolff moved into TV in 1966, first appearing on Panorama with Richard Dimbleby, where he produced a pill that could measure, pressure temperature and acidity. | |
| However, he was best known for hosting BBC Two's The Great Egg Race from 1977 until 1986 - instantly recognisable for his trademark bow tie and eccentric hairstyle. | |
| The show challenged contestants to invent useful objects out of limited resources. |