Tag: Obituaries
Obituary: Adolf Dinglreiter is dead – Bavaria
Adolf Dinglreiter is still vividly remembered by the people of southeast Bavaria, even after his involvement in politics and society ended. After all, Dinglreiter was a multi-functional person: the trained…
Literary historian Jürgen Serke dies at the age of 86 – culture
On the death of the literary historian and journalist Jürgen Serke, who had the gift of elevating the dead to the status of contemporaries. In the spring of 1968, Jürgen…
On the death of the jazz mediator Joe Viera – Munich
The story is legendary: In September 1969, the jazz musician and fan Helmut Viertl, whose civilian job as a bailiff had brought him to Burghausen a few years earlier, invited…
On the death of “Tatort” inspector Peter Sodann: More honest than most – media
A good two years after the fall of the Wall, Germany was finally united. So also in crime scene-Kosmos, the Federal Republic’s mirror of the soul. In January 1992, Chief…
Vera Chekhova is dead: Obituary for the indomitable actress from the Czech Republic – Culture
She had contact with all layers of culture, direct or indirect, from literature to pop. Her great-granduncle was the writer Anton Chekhov (died 1904), her grandmother was Olga Chekhova, a…
The actress Vera Chekhova has died. – Culture
She had contact with all layers of culture, direct or indirect, from literature to pop. Her great-granduncle was the writer Anton Chekhov (died 1904), her grandmother was Olga Chekhova, a…
Munich: On the death of Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel – Munich
It was his warmth, enthusiasm and infectious happiness that made him the perfect host. It was no coincidence that Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel found a role as emcee and presenter that he…
Obituary for Fritz Wepper: One of us – media
Fritz Wepper was the marathon man of German television, the most enduring serial long-distance runner on public television – and as such a reliable, some might groan: unavoidable quantity. A…
On the death of Fritz Wepper: One of us – media
Fritz Wepper was the marathon man of German television, the most enduring serial long-distance runner on public television – and as such a reliable, some might groan: unavoidable quantity. A…
Obituary Maurizio Pollini: The idiosyncratic one – culture
Beethoven, Chopin and anti-Vietnam concerts: Maurizio Pollini not only saw himself as a pianist, but also got involved in political debates. Now the legendary artist has died at the age…