Stefanie Tücking Explained

Birth Date:1 April 1962
Birth Place:Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Occupation:TV presenter, radio personality
Death Place:Baden-Baden, Germany

Stefanie Tücking (1 April 1962  - 1 December 2018)[1] was a German radio and television presenter.

Career

Tücking was born in Kaiserslautern. She won the Golden Camera award at the age of 24 for her work on the ARD music show (Formula One), where she served as the show host between January 1986 and December 1987. After her breakthrough with Formel Eins, she worked for the German broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR) as a television and radio presenter until her death.[2]

Death

Tücking died unexpectedly during the night of 1 December 2018 in Baden-Baden at age 56. The cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. She was found by a friend in her bed. Tücking had no known health or substance-related problems. According to her father, they visited a Christmas market on Thursday and on Friday (30 November) evening she was on air with her radio for the last time.[1] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Steffi Tücking ist unerwartet gestorben SWR3. SWR3.de. 1 December 2018. de-DE. 1 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181201181037/https://www.swr3.de/mehr/crew/Steffi-Tuecking-ist-unerwartet-gestorben/-/id=4047582/did=4926560/1my2kgj/index.html. dead.
  2. News: Stefanie Tücking SWR3. SWR3.de. 1 December 2018. de. 1 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181201162331/https://www.swr3.de/mehr/crew/Stefanie-Tuecking/-/id=4047582/did=4119576/1ntl7kc/index.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Frühere 'Formel Eins'-Moderatorin: Stefanie Tücking ist tot. Spiegel Online. 1 December 2018. de-DE.
  4. News: Stefanie Tücking (✝56) wurde von einer Freundin tot im Bett gefunden. vip.de. 3 December 2018. de.
  5. Web site: Stefanie Tücking ist an einer Lungenembolie gestorben. SWR3. 6 December 2018. de.