He wanted to spend a dream vacation, but he never came back alive: a popular German radio host is dead.
- Mike Schneider is dead.
- The radio presenter looks back on many different stations.
- He died on vacation in the Philippines.
Hamburg - Great mourning for Mike Schneider : The radio host died during his vacation in the Philippines . Its importance for German radio can be seen, for example, from the fact that the large portal radioszene.de also dedicates a large report to his death.
As it says, his partner shared the sad news on Facebook . According to this, Mike Schneider died in the Philippines from a blood infection . From there he also wanted to broadcast his show “Retro in Wonderland” live. It was last heard on March 14 from the Philippines.
Since then, the colleagues of his current station Peli One have been very worried. "We are shocked and have been worried about Mike for some time now, as we have had no contact for a good 3 weeks," explains transmitter manager Jörg Wachsmuth. It was not known whether he had already returned to Germany.
Mike Schneider is dead - radio giant was active on numerous stations
According to radioszene.de, the stations of the radio legend included numerous larger and smaller stations, including Energy Berlin, Radio 7 and the MDR. He had been working there since Peli One started broadcasting in 2018, including as head of the Hamburg studio.
He announced his year to tschornalisten.wordpress.com with "allegedly 1964, feel like 25". There you can also read that his first journalistic activity was with the Aichacher Nachrichten . In Augsburg , he went to school, according to information on his private Facebook page.
Mike Schneider is dead - "Radiologist with heart and soul"
“Radio maker with body and soul. Never wanted anything else and (almost) never did anything else! ”- that's how he characterized himself on Facebook.
On his Facebook page there are also numerous condolence messages from companions for "Mighty Mike" (probably his nickname).
From the Philippines, Mike Schneider spoke up on Facebook with various photos and postings. He reported trouble with his bank , nice weather, his breakfast, and posted sentences like "Healthy in the new day". In March there was no further public posting. What he wrote for the following photo in January turns out to be particularly sad in retrospect: "I'm still alive ..."
With Regy Clasen another size from Hamburg died far too much. According to a Facebook friend, the death of Mike Schneider should not be related to the corona virus - other stars * have become infected. Logan Williams' death is also not attributed to the virus. Family, friends and colleagues are of course hard hit, he was only 16 years old.
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* tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network