Sports world mourns: longtime sports studio presenter died – ZDF appearance is remembered

Created: 08/17/2022 05:53

By: Patrick Freiwah

ZDF icon and motorsport expert Karl Senne is dead. A sports studio episode should be remembered by the numerous fans for a long time.

Mainz – Karl Senne, longtime sports journalist and for several years as a moderator at the “Sportstudio” on

, has died.

The former sports director of the second died on Monday, August 15, 2022, said the second German television, citing his family.

As explained by the

portal , Senne last lived with his wife in Mallorca (Capdepera).

Born in East Westphalia, he moderated "Das Aktuelle Sportstudio" between 1981 and 1992 - Senne was one of the co-founders of the sports show and, according to ZDF, presented it 128 times.

According to ZDF editor-in-chief Peter Frey, he was "noble and eloquent".

In the years 1989 to 1992, Karl Senne also acted as head of sports for the TV station.

The deceased also worked for many years as a moderator of the "Telemotor".

Soccer record champion FC Bayern also sent condolences to the death of TV awareness via Twitter:

ZDF icon Karl Senne is dead – a gym episode shaped his TV career

An episode of "Aktuelles Sportstudio" repeatedly became the focus of public attention weeks after it was broadcast: the two German racing drivers Manfred Winkelhock and Stefan Bellof were guests together in the ZDF sports studio at the beginning of 1985 and then each had a fatal accident within four weeks.

"That touched me deeply," Senne once said.

The racing drivers Manfred Winkelhock and Stefan Bellof were guests in the ZDF sports studio at the beginning of 1985 and then had a fatal accident within four weeks.

© Thomas Wattenberg/dpa

Karl Senne was also a qualified sports teacher and, from 1971, initially headed the “Sports Information” editorial team.

From 1973 he headed the editorial team for the “Aktuelle Sportstudio”.

From 1984 he was deputy to the then head of sports, Dieter Kürten, before he headed the main editorial department for sports at ZDF from 1989 to 1992.

Karl Senne would have turned 88 on October 26.

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Another former ZDF sports director died earlier this year.