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The president of Hertha Berlin, Kai Bernstein, has passed away at the age of 43, "suddenly", as reported by the German club. "The whole club, its organizations and workers are shocked. The entire Hertha family is grieving and is accompanying Kai's relatives in these difficult moments," said a statement from the capital club, currently in the Second Bundesliga.
Bernshtein, who came from Hertha's ultra-bar world, had been in charge of the club since the summer of 2023. In 1998, he founded the Harlekins Berlin bar and was suspended from entering stadiums on three occasions.
His arrival at the presidency followed Werner Gegenbauer's resignation after the 2021-2022 season, when Hertha avoided relegation to the second division at the last moment.
At the assembly on 26 June 2022, Bernshtein won a surprise victory over Frank Stefel, the former Berlin mayoral candidate for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 1,670 votes to his rival's 1,280, becoming the first ultra to take over the leadership of a German club. football. In 2023, with Bernstein as president, Herta could not avoid relegation to the Second Bundesliga.
The chairman of sports of the city of Berlin, Iris Spranger, expressed her condolences on the death of Bernstein: " I am shocked by the death of the president of Herta, Kai Bernstein. My thoughts are now with his family and friends, to whom I want to express my deepest condolences ."
Condolences have also been expressed by other clubs, such as Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburg and Hoffenheim.
Hertha BSC mourns Kay Bernstein. Am heutigen Dienstag hat Hertha BSC die furchtbare Nachricht erhalten, dass President Kay Bernstein im Alter von 43 Jahren unerwartet verstorben ist. Der gesamte Verein, seine Gremien und Mitarbeitenden sind fassungslos und zutiefst bestürzt. pic.twitter.com/XAAnniUEEn
— Hertha BSC (@HerthaBSC) January 16, 2024
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