Munich: Popular actor dead – great sadness online: “What a loss”

Munich – The actor and writer Peter Radtke is dead. He died on the last weekend in November at the age of 77, like the one he founded Disability and Media Working Group (abm) announced.

Munich: Peter Radtke died – mourning popular actor

Radtke came in in 1943 Freiburg with the hereditary disease “Osteogenesis imperfecta” (Vitreous bone disease) to the world. He had been on a for several years Ventilator reliant.

After his Education in Regensburg and Geneva Radtke worked between 1977 and 1984 as head of department for the Munich-based “handicapped program” Adult Education Center (VHS). Until 2008 he was managing director and editor-in-chief of Disability and Media Working Group (abm).

“Crüppel-Cabaret” Munich: Peter Radtke was a co-founder

As an actor, Radtke appeared on the Vienna Burgtheater and in the Chamber play on. In Munich* he made a name for himself as a co-founder of the satirical “Crüppel Cabaret”. “What a loss for Munich, for inclusion and people with disabilities”, is one of many Condolences on Twitter to read. Another user described Radtke as a “pioneer for inclusion on stage and in the media”.

In one Interview with the Bavarian Broadcasting (BR) the deceased explained the pragmatic handling of his disability: “I don’t need to explain that I need help. We often experience that people who have a slight disability often find it more difficult in everyday life because they want to pretend that they can still do everything themselves, but in fact they cannot “. (lks)

In November 2020, the Munich cultural scene was surprised by another sad news: DJ and radio presenter Karsten Kiessling succumbed to a serious illness at the age of only 49.