Overview

• WDR announced on September 19 that Werner died last week after a severe illness at the age of 51.
• WirtschaftsWoche’s remembrance reports he had been diagnosed with cancer, a detail not specified by WDR in its statement.
• BILD reports a different account, citing colleagues who were told he died on September 13 from organ failure following a severe immune disorder.
• The ‘Lokalzeit OWL’ team aired a televised remembrance on September 19, and the segment is available in the ARD Mediathek.
• Werner anchored the Bielefeld-based program since 2009 and was also a novelist, non-fiction author, and longtime WirtschaftsWoche columnist, drawing tributes from WDR leadership and colleagues.