Hertha President Kay Bernstein is dead. He died at the age of 43. The second division soccer team confirmed this on Tuesday afternoon. The entire club, its committees and employees are “stunned and deeply dismayed”.
Second division soccer team Hertha BSC mourns the loss of its president Kay Bernstein. The club announced the unexpected death of the 43-year-old club boss on Tuesday. Nothing was initially known about the circumstances.
“Today, Tuesday, Hertha BSC received the terrible news that President Kay Bernstein died unexpectedly at the age of 43. The entire club, its committees and employees are stunned and deeply dismayed,” the club said in a statement. The association asked “to respect the family’s privacy after this terrible event.” Bernstein leaves behind a wife and a daughter.
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President since June 2022
Bernstein was once the lead singer of the club in the Ostkurve and was also socially involved at Hertha. At the general meeting on June 26, 2022, he was surprisingly elected president against the favored CDU politician Frank Steffel and another competitor. He became the successor to Werner Gegenbauer, who had led the club for a long time.
An ex-Ultra at the helm of a club that was still playing in the Bundesliga at the time was a novelty. He was concerned with the image of an approachable president and wanted to value the fans’ perspective. Bernstein, who once co-founded the ultra group Harlekins ’98, repeatedly criticized the professional football system.
DFL mourns “with the entire Hertha family”
“We were shocked and deeply shocked to hear the news of Kay Bernstein’s death,” wrote the German Football League (DFL) on X: “We mourn with the entire Hertha family and wish the relatives in particular a lot of strength!”
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