Tag: Obituaries
Isolde Schmitt-Menzel has died: The Mouse Lady – Media
Actually, this mouse should have been grey. When the graphic artist Isolde Schmitt-Menzel was commissioned to illustrate a Mause story by the then very popular author Ursula Wölfel in the…
On the Death of Mikhail Gorbachev: The First Man
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a true newbie at the head of the Soviet state: he changed the world by refusing to behave like a monster. source site
Theo Waigel on Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Reality – Culture
He would rather accept the loss of power than give up his politics: memories of encounters with Mikhail Gorbachev – in the Kremlin, on the collective farm and in the…
Hans-Christian Ströbele: On the death of a professional rebel – politics
As a lawyer, Hans-Christian Ströbele defended the RAF terrorist Andreas Baader, co-founded the “taz” and also took on his own people with the Greens. Farewell to a revolutionary who was…
Obituary for the great jazz producer Creed Taylor – Kultur
It all started with a phone call from Charlie Byrd. Creed Taylor was executive producer for jazz label Verve Records when the jazz guitarist played him this new music, which…
On the death of ex-FCB President Willi O. Hoffmann: Bayern-Kini – Sport
One of the anecdotes that will now be told again about Willi O. Hofmann is that of a European Cup evening for FC Bayern in Belgrade. The team was stuck…
Australian singer Archie Roach dies aged 66
It was the song Australia needed. And Archie Roach was the man who could write it and sing it. When the then completely unknown singer – brought on stage by…
Publisher Anton H. Konrad died – Bavaria
Konrad made a significant contribution to spreading knowledge about Baroque art and culture in southern Germany. As a curator of local history, he made sure, among other things, that the…
Northern Ireland: From Radicals to Nobel Peace Prize Winners – Politics
In July 1995 David Trimble, then MP for Upper Bann for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), marched hand in hand with radical Protestant leader Ian Paisley down Garvaghy Road in…
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg died: monumental humor – culture
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg is dead. The Swedish-born artist, whose monumental sculptures made him a father of pop art, died in Manhattan on Monday. He was 93 years old. His…