"Mister Swiss Solidarity" Roland Jeanneret dead at 74
Roland Jeanneret, a longtime radio host and communications director for «Glückskette,» has died. He passed away on December 17 at the age of 74 from complications of a COVID-19 infection.
Jeanneret's death coincides with the 75th anniversary of Swiss Solidarity, which he had helped to make popular with numerous collections, Christian Lüscher, a longtime friend and former work colleague of Jeanneret, told the Keystone-SDA news agency. The Swiss media had therefore often referred to Jeanneret as "Mister Swiss Solidarity".
Jeanneret was born in Bern on March 18, 1947. He later studied German literature, journalism and theater studies at the university there.
He began his career at SRG as a presenter of "Children's News" on Swiss television. Later, he moved to radio, where he became best known as editor and presenter of the program "Rendez-vous". For years he headed this background program of today's SRF radio.
Jeanneret published several books and was a lecturer at the Swiss School of Journalism MAZ. He was married and lived in Bern. (SDA)
