Werner Veigel

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Werner Veigel (born November 9, 1928 in The Hague ; † May 2, 1995 in Hamburg ) was a German news anchor and radio host .

Life

Veigel was born in The Hague as the son of a German businessman. After graduating from high school , he completed a commercial apprenticeship in a travel agency. When Radio Hilversum was looking for a speaker in 1950, Veigel applied - not least because of his good knowledge of Dutch - with success. In February 1954 he moved to the NWDR , for which he worked as an announcer and news anchor. From 1961 he also worked as a speaker and presenter for television.

In 1966 he became the spokesman for the Tagesschau , and from September 11, 1987 to January 24, 1995, he was the chief spokesman for Karl-Heinz Köpcke . He was considered exemplary in terms of the flawlessness of his intonation, presentation and pronunciation. He commented on the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 , 1977 and 1978 for ARD . In 1980 he played himself in Udo Lindenberg's film Panische Zeiten . In 1985 Veigel recorded the samples for the German version of the dance hit 19 produced by Paul Hardcastle . He had several guest appearances with Heinz Schenk in the program Zum Blauen Bock .

Until 1994, Veigel performed for the Osnabrück manager Axel Kaiser at various galas and international trade fairs.

Veigel spoke his last daily news on December 6, 1994. Shortly afterwards he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, whereupon he had to give up his work as a newscaster on the advice of his doctors. Before Veigel was officially replaced by Dagmar Berghoff as chief spokesman for the Tagesschau on January 25, 1995 , he was still responsible in this role for drawing up the rosters for all speakers.

In February 1995 he confessed his homosexuality in an interview with Stern . He had lived with his partner since 1955. At the same time, Veigel stated that he was not a big supporter of same-sex marriage , but was still in favor of an anti-discrimination law, according to which “nobody should be disadvantaged because of their gender, religion, skin color or sexual preference”.

Werner Veigel succumbed to cancer on May 2, 1995 at the age of 66. His final resting place is in the Ohlsdorf cemetery (grave no. M26 / 82) in Hamburg .

literature

  • Dagmar Berghoff, Wilhelm Wieben, Werner Veigel: Recipes and stories from 2000 record boxes. Kuhle L. Verlag, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-88589-009-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herdis Lüke: On Tuesday evening, the former chief spokesman Werner Veigel succumbed to cancer: he was the face and voice of the news . In: Berliner Zeitung . ( berliner-zeitung.de [accessed on October 20, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Other 34. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Veigel, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German news anchor
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1995
Place of death Hamburg