Succeeded Walter A. Fuchs (who changed to the directory board) as responsible editor for science fiction & fantasy with Pabel-Moewig. This may have taken place even before 1984, but he is first mentioned for that year here. He was killed caused by a car crash on his 50th birthday while heading towards the home of his parents (more information on his last day can be found in Jörg Weigand's 2018 nonfiction work "Abenteuer Unterhaltung: Erinnerungen an 60 Jahre als Leser, Autor und Kritiker".