He was in almost every episode of the then ZDFneo show “Neo Magazin Royale”. In the talk format “Roche & Böhmermann” he introduced the guests. As Cohn’s management confirmed on Saturday, the actor, singer, author and speaker died “suddenly and unexpectedly” in Basel on Thursday. He was 65 years old.
This is how Jan Böhermann says goodbye on Twitter:
His manager Gerd Fischer recalled Cohn’s TV career: “His ugly sweater, his nerdy glasses and his pointed texts helped him to break through as Jan Böhmermann’s sidekick (…).” And further: “However, his showpiece remained the role of the scheming arms dealer Kaspar in the successful musical “Ludwig2″ throughout his artistic life”. left forever the stage that meant so much to him.”
Source: Nachrichten
