Horst Janson: The drama was a “wonderful colleague”

Germany knew him from the “Sesame Road” or from “The Bastian”. Now the actor Horst Janson (1935-2025) died at the age of 89. This was confirmed by a family and his first wife, Monika Lundi (82). Several colleagues say goodbye to the TV star.

“Horst was one of the very, very lovely and wonderful colleagues,” explains actress Jutta Speidel (70) of the daily newspaper. She very much appreciated Janson as a colleague and as a person: “And he was such a beautiful man – with so much grandezza. I wish the family a lot of strength.”

Colleague Liselotte Pulver (95) also remembers the deceased in an interview with the newspaper. In her opinion, Horst Janson left “a very big the German -speaking acting stage”. Already at the first meeting, the two would have liked them immediately. “That was in 1959 in the film adaptation of Thomas Manns ‘Die Buddenbrooks’,” Pulver recalls. “If I now think of Horst Janson, then above all of his humanity and humor. He was faced with people, none of his charm and youthfulness lost in old age. laughed. ” Janson will be missing.

Michaela May (72) also only speaks appreciatively about him. “He was a very reliable and loving friend” ,. If they met, it was always like “as if it hadn’t been over for a second, although we often haven’t seen each other for a long time”. She continues to remember: “He was just a gentle man and I think a big crush of women. Many have worshiped it.” Especially according to his series “Der Bastian”, he was “a big swarm for many women”.

And the “Sesame Road” also says goodbye. It says in a contribution to a picture from the show: “With great grief we say goodbye to Horst Janson, who enchanted us as ‘Horst’ in Sesame Strasse with his warmth and smile. His appearances brought generations of children to laugh and taught us Valuable lessons.