Werner Franke - (Tag)

Passages: Werner Franke, Doctor who Exposed East German Doping, 82 Werner Franke, a German doctor who helped expose East Germany’s expansive state-sponsored doping program, has died. Franke died of an intracerebral hemorrhage on Nov. 14 in Heidelberg. He was 82 years old. Franke and his wife, Brigit...

Story by Jim Ferstle: When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, so did the cloak of secrecy surrounding the "sports machine" produced by the former East Germany (GDR). While many of the extensive records kept by the GDR's sports functionaries and secret police were destroyed, a large number survived. And f...