for 1994 – Bambi 2000 – , media prize of the for people with mental disabilities 2002 – German Book Prize (category non-fiction) 2002 – 2003 – Karl Valentin Order 2003 – Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz 2004 – Golden VDP Award "for his merits for the German wine" 2008 – Goldene Kamera for his life's work 2009 – Deutscher Fernsehpreis, Honorary award of the donors References External links Meine Zeit ist jetzt zu Ende (interview, in German) Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 25 September 2006 1934 births 2021 deaths German television talk show hosts German television personalities German television presenters German television producers Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German LGBT entertainers LGBT television producers German LGBT broadcasters Silesian-German people Czechoslovak people of German descent Sudeten German people Naturalized citizens of Germany People from Karviná Television people from Cologne Academic staff of the Academy of Media Arts Cologne ZDF people Westdeutscher Rundfunk people 21st-century LGBT people