Overview

• His daughter confirmed his death at the age of 72 after a long serious illness lasting about eight years.
• He is to be buried in his hometown of Breisach, with BILD reporting the funeral is planned for 24 September.
• Traber led a renowned artist dynasty celebrated for motorcycle-on-wire feats, multiple world records, and headline performances on the Zugspitze and at Stuttgart’s TV tower.
• Reporting revisits a 1996 tragedy in Baden-Baden in which Lutz Schreyer fell from about 16 meters and later died, after which an expert found no fault and prosecutors closed the case.
• Coverage also recalls a 2006 fall in Hamburg that left Johann Traber Jr. in a six-week coma, with material fatigue identified as the cause.