Wilhelm Wieben
Born(1935-06-02)2 June 1935
Hennstedt, Dithmarschen, Germany
Died13 June 2019(2019-06-13) (aged 84)
Hamburg, Germany
Occupation(s)Television journalist, actor, author

Wilhelm Wieben (2 June 1935 – 13 June 2019[1]) was a German journalist, actor and author, best known for presenting the daily news in Tagesschau, the most-watched news program on German television,[2] from 1973 to 1998.

Biography

Wieben was born in Hennstedt, Dithmarschen. After school he studied theater at Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin. Later he worked as a journalist for Radio Bremen and was a news presenter on the TV channel ARD in Tagesschau between 1973 and his retirement in 1998. Wieben has authored books in Low German, a regional language in Northern Germany. He is also heard (and briefly seen in the music video) in Falco's controversial hit song Jeanny: The part of the Newsflash in the track is spoken by Wieben.

Inge Meysel outed Wieben as a homosexual in a 1995 interview in the magazine Stern.[3] Before publication, Stern asked for Wieben's permission to publish the interview which he granted.[4]

Works by author, in German

References

  1. ^ "Wilhelm Wieben ist tot: "Er prägte das deutsche Fernsehen"". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ ""Tagesschau" liegt auch 2015 bei den Zuschauern vorn". digitalfernsehen.de (in German). 30 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ^ n-tv article about Wilhelm Wieben: Kein Schnee von gestern – Wilhelm Wieben wird 70
  4. ^ "Wieben feiert mit Berghoff seinen 80. Geburtstag". Hamburger Abendblatt. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2018.

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