Karl-Heinz Koepcke

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Karl-Heinz Köpcke (born September 29, 1922 in Hamburg ; † September 27, 1991 there ) was a German news anchor .

Life

Karl-Heinz Köpcke gravestone, Ohlsdorf cemetery

Köpcke wanted to do a commercial apprenticeship in his hometown Hamburg when he was drafted into the labor service in 1941 . As a radio operator in the Air Force , Köpcke was captured by the French in 1945, from which he was released in 1946.

He then went to Radio Bremen and then in 1949 came to Hamburg as a radio spokesman for the NWDR . His long-standing presence on the screen - he was Tagesschau spokesman from March 2, 1959 to September 10, 1987, chief spokesman since 1964 - and his always correct and serious demeanor earned him the nickname “Mr. Tagesschau ”.

Köpcke was so present among the population that there were spectator protests when he presented the news with a mustache after his summer vacation in 1974 . He used it to cover a scratch he had made while diving.

When the daily topics were introduced in 1978 , in which the speaker took a back seat to the moderator, he protested in the first broadcast by demonstratively rustling paper and clearing his throat .

In German-speaking countries he set standards for the appearance and working methods of news anchors. He died of cancer four years after his retirement at the age of 68, just like his wife, radio colleague Gertie Kelkenberg , whom he married in 1948, shortly before .

His grave is located in Hamburg on the Ohlsdorf cemetery in grid square BK 54 (west of the T-pond ).

Publications (selection)

  • When dusk falls (novel), Lübbe Bergisch Gladbach 1976, ISBN 3-404-00451-5 .
  • The swapped suitcase (youth book), F. Schneider-Verlag, Munich, Vienna 1976, ISBN 3-505-07672-4
  • The secret of the blue postage stamp (youth book), F. Schneider-Verlag, Munich, Vienna 1978, ISBN 3-505-07844-1 .
  • The Karl-Heinz Köpcke book (biography), Pro BUSINESS Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86386-736-2 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celebrity Graves
  2. ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Karl-Heinz Köpcke
personal data
SURNAME Köpcke, Karl-Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German news anchor
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1991
Place of death Hamburg