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Died at the age of only 49: Mourning for Munich nightlife and radio legend

2020-11-21T17:53:38.063Z


Radio presenter and DJ Karsten Kiessling succumbed to a serious illness much too early. In Munich he had also made a name for himself in the nightlife.


Radio presenter and DJ Karsten Kiessling succumbed to a serious illness much too early.

In Munich he had also made a name for himself in the nightlife.

  • Munich mourns Karsten Kiessling: The popular radio man died at the age of 49.

  • As a DJ, the former program director of Gong 96.3 created the atmosphere at numerous events.

  • Kiessling started his radio career as an IT employee.

Munich - Great mourning for

Karsten Kiessling

: The former program director of

Radio Gong 96.3 died

at the age of only 49.

He died as a result of a

brain tumor

.

Kiessling began his career at the Munich broadcaster as an

IT employee

.

Gong managing director

Georg Dingler first

promoted him to

music director.

Starting in 2012, Kiessling worked as

program director for

three years

.

Munich: Radio legend Karsten Kiessling died - at the age of only 49 years

In addition to his work at the Munich broadcaster, Kiessling had made

a name

for himself as a

DJ

in the state capital's clubs *.

He also

accompanied

numerous

events

on the turntables.

"Whether in the milk bar for the younger crowd or at over-30s parties, Kiessling was next to DJ John Munich the man who was used when it came to setting the mood," wrote the

Süddeutsche Zeitung

in an obituary.

The former program manager of Radio @ Gong963 in # Munich, Karsten Kiessling, died on November 17th, 2020 at the age of 49 from complications from a brain tumor.

https://t.co/3tgBajhYZw #RIP

- RADIO SCENE (@RADIO SCENE) November 20, 2020

Munich: Great mourning for Karsten Kiessling - "Humanly a heavy loss"

A year and a half ago, the radio man was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

"He was still so strong when I met him in the last few months", quoted the

SZ

Gong managing director Gingler.

On the station's

homepage

, the long-standing employee is reminded: "It is a serious loss in human terms and our thoughts are with his wife, the children and the entire family".

Kiessling succumbed to his serious illness on Tuesday (November 17th).

* tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

Source: merkur

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