Fritz Pleitgen
German television journalist and author (1938–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fritz Ferdinand Pleitgen (21 March 1938 – 15 September 2022) was a German television journalist and author. He was correspondent in Moscow, East Berlin and Washington. Pleitgen was a supporter of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. In 1988, Pleitgen became editor-in-chief of television of Germany's then-largest public broadcaster, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), and was director of WDR from 1995 to 2007. He is regarded as one of the most influential German journalists and media makers. In 2010, he was the manager of Ruhr.2010, a project of European Capital of Culture.
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Born | (1938-03-21)21 March 1938 |
Died | 15 September 2022(2022-09-15) (aged 84) Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Organizations | Westdeutscher Rundfunk |
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Gerda Lichtenberg (m. 1969) |
Children | 4, including Frederik |
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