Klaus Wowereit, a German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), who was the Governing Mayor of Berlin for 13 years from October 2001 to December 2014.
Contessa Brewer, a nationally recognized Emmy award-winning television news anchor and the host of MSNBC’s primetime series “Caught on Camera.”
John Ratzenberger, a multi-Emmy nominated actor and accomplished screenwriter, director, producer and author who may be best known for playing mail carrier Cliff Clavin on the long-running NBC sitcom “Cheers.”
(Source: http://germanparadenyc.org/2015-grand-marshals-announced/)
I'm excited about John Ratzinger. I loved watching Cheers growing up (on Nick at Nite) and he's a talented voice actor as well. He's had a role in every Disney-Pixar movie (http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2014/04/07/ranking-john-ratzenbergers-pixar-roles/). Plus, he's from Connecticut, my home state!
Can't make it to the city? No worries. You can watch the parade streaming live on the germanparadenyc.org website. It starts at noon today:
http://totalwebcasting.com/view/?func=VOFF&id=twclient&date=2015-09-19&seq=1
