Stefanie Tücking (1 April 1962 – 1 December 2018)
was a German radio and television
presenter
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Career
Tücking was born in
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...
. 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
(; ), shortened to SWR (), is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany, specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices in three cities: Stuttg ...
(SWR) as a television and radio presenter until her death.
Death
Tücking died unexpectedly during the night of 1 December 2018 in
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...
at age 56. The cause of death was a
pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an pulmonary artery, artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest pain ...
. 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.
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German television presenters
German women television presenters
People from Kaiserslautern
1962 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from pulmonary embolism
ARD (broadcaster) people
Südwestrundfunk people
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