caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse birthname image article_title name
the grave of lasse lindroth in varberg 11 july 1999 västra götaland county , sweden teheran , iran 9 november 1972 emma westerström lars erik oliver `` lasse '' lindroth lasse lindroths grav i varberg.jpeg lasse lindroth
 lasse lindroth
lasse lindroth

lars `` lasse '' erik oliver lindroth -lrb- born 9 november 1972 in teheran , iran , died 11 july 1999 in a car accident on e6 , sweden -rrb- was a swedish comedian , actor and writer .
he became popular in sweden as a comedian in the mid-1990s , under the stage name `` ali hussein '' .
from there he went on to also write books and play parts in films and on tv .
for example he played in the tv series `` sjukan '' , which was a swedish version of british sitcom `` only when i laugh '' .
his iranian origin allowed him to play on the prejudices about immigrants from different countries , while also making jokes about racists of all sorts .
this made him unpopular in the nationalist movements .
he died in an automobile accident at 26 years of age .
