Hans-Werner Kock
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Hans-Werner Kock (born March 15, 1930 in Hamburg , † May 24, 2003 in Berlin ) was a German journalist and television presenter .
At first Kock worked at Radio Bremen , but in 1958 he switched to the Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) in Berlin , where he became a well-known radio presenter with the programs Berolina , Echo am Morgen and Echo am Mittag . In 1963, the man with the distinctive glasses switched to television, first as a reporter , then as a presenter of the evening show . “Always with the same sonorous calmness, the tall, somewhat plump Kock reported about the burning Kreuzberg on May 1st as about the ' Filzocracy ' in the Schöneberg town hall ; he was proud of the prominent guests at the annual Berlinale and, like all Berliners, feasted enthusiastically through the Green Week . ”( Berliner Zeitung , May 27, 2003)
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 , Kock, who had already reported on the clashes at Checkpoint Charlie as a young reporter in 1961 , had his last major assignment as chief reporter: in a nationwide special edition of the evening show that was broadcast over several hours, he commented on the historical in the morning hours of November 10, 1989 Events of the previous night with an audibly moving voice. A year later, on December 10, 1990, “Mr. Abendschau “then retired.
He was married to Jana Louka-Kock .
Hans-Werner Kock died in May 2003 at the age of 73 in Berlin. His grave is on the state's own cemetery in Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: 13-B-6a).
Others
His legendary farewell formula "Do it well, neighbors!", A variation of the " Abendlied " by Matthias Claudius , made Kock a cult figure in the divided city of Berlin. The greeting was understood both as a call to East Berlin spectators beyond the Wall and as an expression of the feeling of togetherness on the "island" of West Berlin .
The comedian Kurt Krömer uses Kock's saying "Do it well, neighbors!" In his stage programs.
In his free time he was involved in the German Life Saving Society (DLRG) Landesverband Berlin e. V. From 1976 to 1986 he was head of public relations and press spokesman and from 1986 to 1989 its president.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 489.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kock, Hans-Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and television presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2003 |
| Place of death | Berlin |