Overview

• The Saarländische Rundfunk first reported his death on July 6 and his wife, Petra Laufenberg, confirmed he succumbed to a short, severe illness
• He co-founded SWF3 in Baden-Baden in 1975 after launching his radio career in the early 1970s
• He and Thomas Gottschalk formed G.L.S.-United and reached No. 49 on the charts in 1980 with “Rapper’s Deutsch”
• He authored seminal music reference works such as Frank Laufenbergs Rock- und Pop Lexikon and Rock und Pop Diary that guided generations of pop fans
• He remained active until his final days through SWR1 programs, his PopStop internet radio and the SR series “Zwei bei Frank – die kleinste Radiosendung der Welt”