- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHelmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt
- Nickname
- Schmidt-Schnauze
- Height5′ 7¾″ (1.72 m)
- Helmut Schmidt was born on December 23, 1918 in Hamburg, Germany. He was married to Loki Schmidt. He died on November 10, 2015 in Hamburg, Germany.
- SpouseLoki Schmidt(June 27, 1942 - October 21, 2010) (her death, 2 children)
- His reputation for smoking during television appearances and at otherwise non-smoking venues
- Hamburg dialect
- Very articulate and forthright manner of speaking
- Was an avid smoker and even refused to appear on TV shows if he was not allowed to do so in the studio.
- Despite having been an avid smoker, Schmidt holds the record for the longest living German Chancellor. By age, he even outlived former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who was a life long non-smoker, by five years.
- He hardly drank any alcohol but a lot of Coca Cola, allegedly with added sugar cubes.
- Has never had a speech coach.
- Met Loki Schmidt when he was 10. They were classmates at the coeducational Lichtwarkschule.
- Those who don't study the past will repeat its mistakes. Those who do study it will find other ways to do something wrong.
- Ever since planes have existed, distant relatives are no longer what they used to be.
- The constitutional state doesn't have to win, it also doesn't have to lose, it has to exist!
- Humans will always smoke.
- Those who have visions should go see a doctor.
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