Heinz Schenk (11 December 1924 – 1 May 2014) was a German television moderator and actor. He was born in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

Life

Since 1951 Schenk worked for

Hessischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, ARD. Studios Do ...

as television moderator. In Germany he became famous for his television show ''Zum Blauen Bock''. The show, which started under host Otto Höpfner, run under Schenk from 1966 to 1987. "Blauer Bock"-Entertainer Fernsehstar Heinz Schenk ist tot
(in German) He died in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

, aged 89.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schenk, Heinz German television personalities German television presenters German male singer-songwriters German singer-songwriters 20th-century German musicians 1924 births 2014 deaths Mass media people from Mainz Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ARD (broadcaster) people Hessischer Rundfunk people