“Farewell to Uwe Seeler”
The NDR and the first broadcast the funeral service
Uwe Seeler passed away on July 21 at the age of 85.
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In July, Uwe Seeler, a German football legend, died. The NDR and the first will show the funeral service live.
On August 10th, the whole of Germany bids farewell to Uwe Seeler (1936-2022). A big funeral service will take place in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion next Wednesday. Anyone who cannot be there can at least watch it live on television and the Internet. According to NDR will also Chancellor Olaf Scholz (64) is expected at the event.
NDR television broadcasts the commemorative event from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. entitled “Farewell to Uwe Seeler”. The first also reports live between 1:59 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Alexander Bleick will comment, Julia-Niharika Sen (55) and Alexander Bommes (46) will moderate. Alternatively, there should be a live stream on “ndr.de” and “sportschau.de”. Sen will also look back on the day together with NDR sports director Gerd Gottlob in the evening from 8:15 p.m. in an “NDR Info Extra: Farewell to Uwe Seeler”.
Live broadcasts also on the radio
Between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. NDR Info will also broadcast the funeral service on the radio, commented by Michael Augustin. In addition, NDR 90.3 will report at the same time and switch to the stadium. Between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., a special farewell program is also planned. In the meantime, NDR 2 reports before the event in “NDR 2 Morgen” and talks are planned for the daily program in “NDR 2 Updates”.
A few days ago, the Hamburg Senate announced that the official funeral service in the Hanseatic city for Seeler, who was an honorary citizen, would take place on August 10 at 2:00 p.m. in the Volksparkstadion. This will be “prepared in close coordination with the family and with the participation of the Hamburger Sportverein (HSV) and the German Football Association (DFB),” it said in a statement. The burial will take place in the immediate family circle.
Uwe Seeler died on July 21 at the age of 85 and was considered an icon of German football. Nobody else stood for Hamburger SV as much as Seeler. One mourns the “greatest HSVer of all time,” said the club. HSV board member Jonas Boldt described the deceased in a statement as the “quintessence” of the club: “Uwe Seeler stands for everything that characterizes a good person: down-to-earth, loyalty, joie de vivre, and he was always approachable.”