Stefanie Tücking


Stefanie Tücking was a German radio and television presenter.

Career

Tücking was born in Kaiserslautern. She won the Golden Camera award at the age of 24 for her work on the ARD music show , where she served as the moderator between January 1986 and December 1987. After her breakthrough with Formel Eins, she worked for the German broadcaster Südwestrundfunk as a television and radio presenter until her death.

Death

Stefanie Tücking died unexpectedly during the night of 1 December 2018 in Baden-Baden at age 56. The cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. 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 evening she was on air with her radio for the last time.