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Franz Josef Straß Died on October 3, 1988: when Bavaria Stood Still for a Moment

Summary by Sueddeutsche Zeitung
In 1988 the then Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss collapsed during a hunting trip and died two days later in the hospital in Regensburg. At that time there were no fast online messages and no information via mobile phone, the journalists waited on site. To the 80th SZ anniversary here the original text of 4 October 1988.

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Franz Josef Straß Died on October 3, 1988: when Bavaria Stood Still for a Moment

In 1988 the then Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss collapsed during a hunting trip and died two days later in the hospital in Regensburg. At that time there were no fast online messages and no information via mobile phone, the journalists waited on site. To the 80th SZ anniversary here the original text of 4 October 1988.

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