What is Roger Willemsen?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Roger Willemsen |image = Dhbp15 Roger Willemsen 3.jpg |image_size = |caption = Roger Willemsen in March 2015 |birth_date = {{birth date|1955|8|15|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Bonn]], [[North-Rhine Westphalia]], [[West Germany]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|8|1955|8|15|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Wentorf bei Hamburg]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Germany]] |nationality = German |fields = [[German studies]] |workplaces = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |religion = |signature = Roger Willemsen signature.svg |footnotes = }} '''Roger Willemsen''' (15 August 1955 – 7 February 2016) was a [[Germans|German]] author, [[essayist]] and television presenter. He was born in [[Bonn]], [[North-Rhine Westphalia]]. He began his career in 1991. In 1994, he starred in his own show ''Willemsens Woche''. He interviewed many famous people such as [[Madonna]], [[Jesse Jackson]], [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Yasser Arafat]]. He [[retire]]d in 2006. Willemsen died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 7 February 2016 in [[Wentorf bei Hamburg]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]]. He was aged 60.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/roger-willemsen-ist-tot-a-1076272.html Publizist und Moderator: Roger Willemsen ist tot], spiegel.de, access date February 8, 2016</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Willemsen, Roger}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Germany]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:German television presenters]] [[Category:People from Bonn]] [[Category:Writers from North Rhine-Westphalia]] {{bio-stub}}