Max Schautzer
TV and radio personality
About Max Schautzer
Lived 1940 – 2025 (aged 84–85). Max Schautzer was an Austrian television presenter, radio personality, television producer, manufacturer, presenter and film producer.
Max Schautzer (14 August 1940 – 29 January 2025) was an Austrian-born German radio and television presenter, who hosted popular long-running German series such as Immer wieder Sonntags and .
Life and career Schautzer was born in Klagenfurt on 14 August 1940. He studied drama and economics in Vienna. In 1965, he left for Germany and began working for the regional broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, invited by Hans Rosenthal to his radio series . Schautzer became also known for presenting Die schönsten Melodien der Welt with Carolin Reiber, Immer wieder Sonntags and . He conceived and presented the series .
Schautzer moderated the Eurovision Song Contest for both German and Austrian viewers: 1979 for Austria and 1991 for Germany.
According to a close friend, he was in a hospital in Cologne for a month, before he died there on 29 January 2025, at the age of 84.
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Who was Max Schautzer?
TV and radio personality
When was Max Schautzer born?
Max Schautzer was born in 1940 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
When did Max Schautzer die?
Max Schautzer died on 29 January 2025 in Cologne.
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Max Schautzer was a television presenter, radio personality, television producer, manufacturer, presenter and film producer.
What nationality was Max Schautzer?
Max Schautzer was Austrian.
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