György Bálint
Portrait of György Bálint
György Bálint in 2009
Born
György Braun

28 July 1919 (1919-07-28)
Gyöngyös, Hungary
Died21 June 2020 (2020-06-22) (aged 100)
Kistarcsa, Hungary
Occupation(s)Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, politician

György Bálint (originally surname Braun;[1] 28 July 1919 – 21 June 2020) was a Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. He was colloquially known as Bálint gazda (lit. "Farmer Bálint"), from his appearances in the TV program Ablak, where he appeared as an amicable, fatherly horticultural expert.[2]

Biography

Bálint's parents Braun Izidor and Koch Rozália were Jewish from a long tradition of farming. He graduated from the Royal Hungarian Institute of Horticulture in 1941.[3] His parents and their children were deported to a concentration camp during the Holocaust; only Bálint and one of his sisters survived. He was taken first to Mauthausen and then to the extermination camp in Gunskirchen.[1] He weighed 42 kilos when he escaped in 1945.[3]

He was a horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP.[4][3][1]

He died at 100 years of age in 2020 from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kaszás, Fanni (22 June 2020). "'Farmer Bálint,' the Famous 'Gardener of the Country' Dies at Age 101". Hungary Today. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "'Farmer Bálint,' the Famous 'Gardener of the Country' Dies at Age 101". 22 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Than, Krisztina (18 July 2019). "Hungary's favorite gardener still digging up new tips as he turns 100". Reuters. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Meghalt Bálint gazda". index.hu (in Hungarian). 21 June 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.


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