Jürgen Ponto [SEP] place of death
Jürgen Ponto
Jürgen Ponto (17 December 1923 Bad Nauheim, People's State of Hesse - 30 July 1977 Frankfurt am Main) was a German banker and chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. Previously, he had worked as a lawyer. He was assassinated by members of the Red Army Faction in events leading up to the German Autumn. Actor Erich Ponto was his uncle.
Death.
On Saturday 30 July 1977, Ponto and his wife Ignes were at their Oberursel villa packing for a vacation in Rio
of Goldfinger fame. His final film was "Der Stern von Afrika", released in the year of his death. He died at the age of 72 after a long cancer illness. Erich Ponto was the uncle of Dresdner Bank general director Jürgen Ponto, who was murdered by members of the RAF in 1977.
Selected filmography.
- "Der Geiger von Meissen" (1921)
- "Woman in the Jungle" (1931) - Joyce
- "The Man Who Murdered" (1931) -