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- Karl Richter was born on October 15, 1926 in Plauen, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and The Right Stuff (1983). He died on February 15, 1981 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- German organist and conductor, specialist in Johann Sebastian Bach music.
- During his first year in Munich, Karl Richter became conductor of the "Heinrich-Schütz-Kreis", which had been founded at the end of World War II, and renamed it Münchener Bach-Chor (Munich Bach Choir) in 1954. Together with his newly established Bach Orchestra, Richter and the ensemble gave numerous concerts in Munich and performed regularly at the Bach-Tage (Bach Days) in Ansbach until 1964.
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