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Berlin (dpa) - The long-time "Bild" columnist Mainhardt Graf von Nayhauß is dead. He died on Friday at the age of 94, as a spokesman for the Axel Springer media group confirmed on Wednesday upon request.
«Bild» reported on it beforehand and described the texts by Mainhardt Graf von Nayhauß as legendary.
The journalist was considered a master of the political homestory.
He visited many top politicians at home.
Just two examples: he once drove a motorboat with Franz Josef Strauss, and visited Helmut Kohl's wine cellar.
Mainhardt Graf von Nayhauß-Cormòns, born in Berlin in 1926, wrote for many media during his journalistic career.
In the 1950s he worked for the "Spiegel" at times.
Many other positions followed, including at “Stern”, “Quick”, “Bunte”, “Welt” and “Bild”.
In the tabloid he became known to a great number of readers over the decades from the 1980s onwards with his column "Bonn confidential" and later "Berlin confidential".
In a 2013 dpa interview, the columnist once said: “In order to be able to describe a politician, his home is also part of it - what kind of books does he have, what kind of pictures does he have, how is he set up, how does he go along Wife and children around?
But the tendency for politicians to isolate themselves is getting stronger. "
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The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” described him as a great reporter in an obituary and wrote: “Whenever he flew 120 times in the Chancellor's machine, hiked with Helmut Kohl, drank with Franz Josef Strauss, ate a huge portion of suckling pig with Walter Scheel, he regularly lost power who believed himself portrayed by him. "
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Obituary "Süddeutsche"