Ernst Dieter Lueg

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Ernst Dieter Lueg [ luːk ] (born  January 9, 1930 in Essen , †  May 22, 2000 in Bonn ) was a German journalist .

Lueg (right) with Willy Brandt (1976)

Life / work

Ernst Dieter Lueg studied history, philosophy and political science after a traineeship at the Westfälische Rundschau . After several years of journalistic activity for various newspapers, he joined Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) and had been a correspondent for ARD in the Bonn studio of Westdeutscher Rundfunk since 1964 .

In 1973 he became deputy studio manager in Bonn. In September 1985, Lueg took over the management of the WDR studio in Bonn after his predecessor Friedrich Nowottny was appointed director of the station. As the head of the Bonn WDR studio, Lueg was responsible for the report from Bonn until 1995 . He also moderated the Bonn round and regularly contributed to the ARD news program Tagesschau .

Lueg's interview with the SPD parliamentary group leader Herbert Wehner on the evening of the 1976 federal election became known , in which he replied to Lueg's question about the interim election results: “I don't know and you don't know!” And Lueg addressed it with “Mr. Lüg” instead of them to use correct pronunciation ([luːk]) that was well known at the time. Lueg finally ended the interview with the words "Thank you very much for these interim comments, Mr. Wöhner, (...)".

Lueg, known for his characteristic way of speaking and asking questions, was often copied by voice imitators and as a person he was also part of the satirical puppet series Hurra Germany , in which he was also caricatured - unusual for a journalist.

After his retirement in 1995, Lueg occasionally worked for the private broadcasters RTL and Sat.1 .

Lueg was married and had three children, including the ZDF film writer Barbara Lueg. His grave is in the castle cemetery in the Bad Godesberg district of Bonn .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Herbert Wehner on October 3, 1976
  2. ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Ernst Dieter Lueg
  3. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  4. ↑ without page title ( Memento from November 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Lueg, Ernst Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 2000
Place of death Bonn