News video: Touching gesture at Jan Hofer's last "Tagesschau"

Jan Hofer
Moving gesture in the last "Tagesschau"

Jan Hofer: TV legend at the news desk of the "Tagesschau"

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Jan Hofer presented the "Tagesschau" for the last time in 35 years. As a farewell, there was a very special gesture from him for the audience.

It had become almost as much of an institution as the "Tagesschau" itself: After 35 years, Jan Hofer said goodbye to the news program that made him a TV legend. Especially at the end of his moderation, he surprised the audience with a small but very meaningful gesture with which he said goodbye.

"You take care!"

Hofer has spent almost half of his life with the "Tagesschau" – and so it is not surprising that on his last appearance in the studio he abandoned the sober objectivity of the news anchor and addressed the audience for a moment only as a person who turned to many Years ago. Visibly touched, he showed with a wave of the hand how much his life will now change for him.

Brigitte