DeathDecember 282021

Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff

Grichka Bogdanoff, French television presenter and scientific essayist (born 1949)

5th anniversary in 2026

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When
Tuesday, December 28 20215 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
Anniversary
5th in 2026
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Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff

At a glance

Listed as: twin brother duo.

Who they were

Igor Youriévitch Bogdanoff and Grégoire "Grichka" Youriévitch Bogdanoff, alternatively spelled Bogdanov, were French television presenters, producers, and essayists who presented a variety of programmes in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology. The brothers – identical twins – were involved in a number of controversies, the most notable being the Bogdanov affair. It brought to light how they received Ph.D.

Early life

Early life and disputed claims about ancestry The twins' maternal grandmother, Countess Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowská The identical twin brothers Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff were born to Maria "Maya" Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowská (1926–1982), of Bohemian and Polish descent, and Yuri "Youri" Mikhaïlovitch Bogdanoff (1928–2012), [ 1 ] an itinerant Russian emigré farm worker and later painter; Igor was born 40 minutes before Grichka. The twins' parents divorced shortly after their birth,

Why this date

Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff appears on our December 28 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.

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