Fritz Wepper has died at the age of 82. Popular actor was known from “Derrick” and “For Heaven’s Sake’.

He had already had heart surgery and fought with all his might against cancer. Wepper played Mayor Wolfgang Wöller since 2002 in the long-running hit ‘For Heaven's Sake' He was honored with the Golden Camera, the German Television Prize and the Karl Valentin Order. He received the Bambi six times.