Walter Scheel was born on July 8, 1919 in Solingen, Germany. He is known for Die Drehscheibe (1964), Pro & Contra (1968) and Das ist Ihr Leben (1976). He was married to Barbara Wiese, Mildred Scheel and Eva Charlotte Kronenberg. He died on August 24, 2016 in Bad Krozingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.