2005 through his autobiography, titled Auch ich war ein Gauner (I was a crook too). In a newspaper interview he said that the time had made him tough: Zimmermann's last appearance on TV was on the 400th episode of Aktenzeichen XY'' on 10 May 2007, and died on 19 September 2009 in Munich from dementia. Notes and references Notes References External links Eduard Zimmermann's security portal Spiegel Online article 1929 births 2009 deaths German male journalists German television journalists 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German male writers ZDF people