Helmut Simon was born on November 11, 1937 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Erika Simon. He died on October 23, 2004 in Gamskarkogel, Salzburg, Austria.
Was a library custodian at the time that he and wife Erika Simon
discovered the Otzi the iceman in 1991.
December 2003 - Having been declared the Iceman's official finders,
Erika and Helmut Simon are claiming a reward of between $150,000 and
$250,000 as advised by their lawyer.
(On discovering Otzi the iceman): "We thought it was a mountain climber
or a skier who'd had an accident perhaps 10 years previously or perhaps
two years previously."