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Roger Willemsen was born on 15 August, 1955 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, is a German author, essayist and TV presenter. Discover Roger Willemsen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 15 August 1955
Birthday 15 August
Birthplace Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Date of death 7 February, 2016
Died Place Wentorf bei Hamburg, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1955

Roger Willemsen (15 August 1955 – 7 February 2016) was a German author, essayist and TV presenter.

Willemsen was born and passed his Abitur in Bonn.

He studied German philology (Germanistik), philosophy and history of art in Bonn, Munich and Vienna and was awarded a scholarship by the Evangelisches Studienwerk.

He did his postgraduate studies on Robert Musil and received his PhD.

1991

He started his TV career in 1991 as head interviewer at 0137, a daily talkshow and signature programme at newly founded German pay-TV Premiere.

He performed about 1.000 interviews, including some with imprisoned members of the Red Army Faction, a fugitive bank robber, a leftover cosmonaut in space station MIR and a cannibal.

He also interviewed Audrey Hepburn, Jesse Jackson, Yasser Arafat, Lech Wałęsa, Dame Edna Everage and Madonna.

Driven by Willemsen, the show won numerous prestigious awards.

Willemsen was praised for his intellect, charm and wit.

1994

1994 Willemsen got his own show Willemsens Woche on public broadcaster ZDF.

1999

In 1999, he interviewed the German musician Herbert Grönemeyer for Stern after Grönemeyer's wife Anna had died of cancer.

Willemsen wrote newspaper columns in Zeit Magazin and Die Woche. He authored about 50 books, many of them inspired by travelling such as Die Enden der Welt / The Ends of the Earth.

2006

In 2006 he ended his career in mass-TV.

2014

His last bestseller, published in 2014, is Das Hohe Haus: Ein Jahr im Parlament, reflecting on a year sitting in meetings of the German parliament Bundestag.

2016

He died of cancer on 7 February 2016, aged 60.

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