"Starparade" Moderator Rainer Holbe Died
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Former TV presenter Rainer Holbe is dead.
He brought breakfast television to Germany and received superstars such as Abba and Frank Sinatra in his "Starparade". In the 1970s and 1980s Rainer Holbe was one of the most famous television faces in Germany. Now he died at the age of 85.


The renowned German moderator Rainer Holbe died at the age of 85 on 15 August 2025.
He was one of the most famous faces of German television in the seventies and eighties. Now moderator Rainer Holbe has died.
His ZDF show "Starparade" was a quota hit in the 1970s. Rainer Holbe later built up German private television. Millions saw him on breakfast television – now Holbe died at 85 years of age in the circle of his family.
His ZDF show "Starparade" was a street sweeper in the seventies. Later Rainer Holbe built up the German private television with him. Now he died at the age of 85.
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