“Hunter” from “Asked – Hunted”
ARD star Klaus Otto Nagorsnik is dead
April 24, 2024, 9:55 p.m
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For around ten years he chased his opponents as a quiz professional through the ARD jungle of questions on “Gefragt – Gejagt”. Klaus Otto Nagorsnik has now died at the age of 68. The audience loved him, the broadcaster says. From May 13th, Nagorsnik will be seen for the last time as “Hunter” on the first.
Klaus Otto Nagorsnik, one of the “hunters” from the ARD quiz show “Gefragt – Gejagt”, died unexpectedly, according to the ARD program directorate. The broadcaster announced on Wednesday that he was 68 years old. This news fills the “Gefragt-GeJagt” family with great horror and deep sadness. Since 2014, Nagorsnik has been one of the “hunters” on “Gefragt – Gejagt”, then still on NDR television. In the quiz show, a team of four candidates competes against a proven quiz expert – the “hunter”.
“Our librarian has helped shape “Gefragt-Gejagt” for many years. We owe him countless exciting and entertaining evenings. The audience loved him,” ARD coordinator Vorabend, Frank Beckmann, is quoted as saying. Moderator Alexander Bommes explained in the message: “With Klaus Otto Nagorsnik we are losing a role model of authenticity, education and joie de vivre. I admired him and really enjoyed playing and laughing with him. The hunt will continue for him too.” Other colleagues also commented on Nagorsnik’s death: “With Klaus Otto Nagorsnik we are losing a great quizzer with a high level of education who was just as familiar with the Iliad as he was with BVB in all its facets.”
The pre-produced episodes of the new season of “Gefragt-Gejagt” with Nagorsnik will be shown on Das Erste from May 13th in memory of the Münsterland native, as the ARD program management announced. Nagorsnik worked as a librarian in the Münster city library until his retirement. As a passionate quiz player, he has won numerous titles in quiz championships. Among other things, he took part in the 2019 World Quiz Championship and the German Quiz Championship and became the best participant in the over-60 category.