1. Werner Schneyder was an Austrian kabarett performer, journalist, writer, actor, stage director, television presenter and sports reporter.
13 Facts About Werner Schneyder
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Werner Schneyder performed political kabarett with Dieter Hildebrandt from 1974 to 1982, with an extra program presented in Leipzig, then in the GDR, in 1985.
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Werner Schneyder moderated das aktuelle sportstudio on ZDF from 1975, and a series about boxing for RTL from 1992 to 1999.
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Werner Schneyder's father came from Vienna, and his mother from Karlsbad.
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Werner Schneyder was a freelance writer from 1965, writing and directing radio features and working for newspapers.
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Werner Schneyder was married to his wife Ilse from 1961 to 2005, when she died of cancer.
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Werner Schneyder married Regine Bulling in Spittal an der Drau in 2011.
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Werner Schneyder was found dead in his home in Vienna on 2 March 2019.
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Werner Schneyder was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, his ashes are buried in Vienna Central Cemetery.
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Werner Schneyder appeared a final time on 25 January 2017, his 80th birthday, playing Das war's von mir at the Akademietheater of the Vienna Burgtheater.
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Werner Schneyder published poems in Reimzeit and essays titled Ansichten eines Solisten.
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Werner Schneyder was a sports journalist from the time he was a student.
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Recordings by Werner Schneyder are held by the German National Library, including:.