Ben Weather Bird

Ben Wettervogel (bourgeois Benedikt Ludger Vogel ; born December 18, 1961 in Klein Reken ; † February 2, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German graduate meteorologist , radio and television presenter and editor at ZDF .

life and career

After graduating from high school in 1981, Vogel studied meteorology in Munich from 1982 and worked for the weather service provider MMC Meteo Media Consult from 1992 to 2003 . From 1990 he moderated weather forecasts on Antenne 1 , Antenne Thuringia and Radio NRW . From 1998 to 2005 he worked for SWR3 and was announced there as the "Wettervogel", whereupon the artist name Ben Wettervogel soon became established . After a while he had this name entered on his identity card .

From January 2005 to October 2014 he was an editor of the weather department of the ZDF morning magazine . On August 8, 2014, he presented the weather report for the last time in the morning magazine, after which he was released from work by ZDF ; his contract, which expired on October 31, 2014, was not extended by the broadcaster for “personal reasons”. In the summer of 2014, Wettervogel had taken rehab because of his alcohol addiction , but then drank alcohol privately and at work.

He was found on February 2, 2015 after a suicide in his apartment in Berlin-Friedrichshain .

Publications

with Renate Molitor: Can weather frogs be wrong? 120 popular misconceptions about the weather . Kosmos, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-10741-6 and 2009 ISBN 978-3-451-05882-0 .
with Renate Molitor u. Berit Bogs: Blue Planet: Earth in Transition , Franckh-Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-440-11751-4 .

Web links

Literature by and about Ben Wettervogel in the catalog of the German National Library
Ben weather bird in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Girlfriend talks about the last few weeks of Ben Wettervogel ( Focus .de), February 5, 2015
Ben Wettervogel † 53: "It was as if he was slowly dissolving" , welt.de , March 11, 2015

Individual evidence

↑ Der Wetterfrosch von SWR 3, in: SWR3 - Das Magazin, 10/2002, p. 37 ( Memento from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ ^a ^b ^c Biographies Benedikt Vogel ( memento from January 31, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) of ZDF February 3, 2015
↑ In a report, the ZDF also stated Groß-Reken as the place of birth, cf. Ben Wettervogel is dead ( Memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), heute.de from February 3, 2015
↑ Focus.de : Suicide of the ZDF meteorologist: a portrait of Ben Wettervogel , accessed on February 3, 2015.
↑ Interview from July 16, 2008: ka-news.de
↑ Ben Wettervogel is dead ( memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) and obituary ( memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on swr3.de from February 3, 2015
↑ Peter Kurz: Artist name can be in the passport. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . March 30, 2009, accessed February 5, 2015 .
↑ Ben Wettervogel is dead. In: heute.de. February 3, 2015, archived from the original on February 3, 2015 ; Retrieved February 3, 2015 .
^ ^A ^b Death of Ben Wettervogel - ZDF terminated cooperation "for personal reasons" , stern.de, February 3, 2015
↑ Terminated by ZDF. Girlfriend speaks about the last few weeks of Ben Wettervogel , FOCUS Online, February 4, 2015
↑ Skat friend of Ben Wettervogel alerted the police: "We were worried" stern.de, February 3, 2015
↑ Mourning for ZDF presenter Ben Wettervogel. Shocked, sad, stunned, stern.de, February 3, 2015
↑ Ben Wettervogel found dead in his Berlin apartment. In: web.de , February 4, 2015, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Weather bird, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vogel, Benedikt Ludger (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German graduate meteorologist, radio and television presenter and editor at ZDF
DATE OF BIRTH	December 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Little Reken
DATE OF DEATH	February 2, 2015
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Der Wetterfrosch von SWR 3, in: SWR3 - Das Magazin, 10/2002, p. 37 ( Memento from February 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[ZDF-BIO-2] Biographies Benedikt Vogel ( memento from January 31, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) of ZDF February 3, 2015

[3] In a report, the ZDF also stated Groß-Reken as the place of birth, cf. Ben Wettervogel is dead ( Memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), heute.de from February 3, 2015

[focus_1-4] Focus.de : Suicide of the ZDF meteorologist: a portrait of Ben Wettervogel , accessed on February 3, 2015.

[5] Interview from July 16, 2008: ka-news.de

[6] Ben Wettervogel is dead ( memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) and obituary ( memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on swr3.de from February 3, 2015

[7] Peter Kurz: Artist name can be in the passport. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . March 30, 2009, accessed February 5, 2015 .

[8] Ben Wettervogel is dead. In: heute.de. February 3, 2015, archived from the original on February 3, 2015 ; Retrieved February 3, 2015 .

[stern.de-9] A ^b Death of Ben Wettervogel - ZDF terminated cooperation "for personal reasons" , stern.de, February 3, 2015

[focus_3-10] Terminated by ZDF. Girlfriend speaks about the last few weeks of Ben Wettervogel , FOCUS Online, February 4, 2015

[11] Skat friend of Ben Wettervogel alerted the police: "We were worried" stern.de, February 3, 2015

[12] Mourning for ZDF presenter Ben Wettervogel. Shocked, sad, stunned, stern.de, February 3, 2015

[13] Ben Wettervogel found dead in his Berlin apartment. In: web.de , February 4, 2015, archived from the original on February 4, 2015 ; Retrieved February 4, 2015 .