Overview

• He died Thursday evening at home with family, a peaceful passing at 89 confirmed to dpa by his wife.
• He created the Tatort title music in 1970 and scored major works including Das Boot and The NeverEnding Story, as well as TV series like Liebling Kreuzberg and Ein Fall für Zwei.
• He led the jazz group Passport to international success over more than five decades, performing at least 5,000 times, with Udo Lindenberg serving as the band’s first drummer in 1971.
• Lindenberg paid tribute in a public message calling Doldinger a mentor and noting the honor of recording the Tatort theme, while Bavarian premier Markus Söder praised him as a music legend.
• He lived in Icking near Munich, received high honors and presidential praise on his 85th birthday, and is survived by his wife Inge and their three children.