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Elke Sommer, the German actress who rose to international fame in the 1960s, died at the age of 85, according to a report by the German newspaper Bild. The brief notice did not specify a cause of death, nor did it detail the circumstances surrounding her passing. Sommer had previously spoken publicly about health problems, but no direct link to her death has been established. In the report, it was mentioned that she had "slept peacefully." Sommer’s husband, Wolf Walther, died three months earlier on 22 July 2023 in Los Angeles at the age of 77. Walther, a former hotelier, had suffered from cancer for many years. The couple had been married since 1993. After his death, Sommer expressed her grief, saying, “Mein Herz ist gebrochen.” No medical connection between the two deaths has been reported. Born in Berlin in 1940, Sommer grew up in Franconia. She began her film career in 1959 with the German film Das Totenschiff, starring alongside Horst Buchholz and Mario Adorf. Throughout the 1960s and beyond, she appeared in films with international stars such as Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, and Dean Martin. Article source: Die Süedostschweiz | Image credit: Die Süedostschweiz
Elke Sommer, the German actress who rose to international fame in the 1960s, died at the age of 85, according to a report by the German newspaper Bild. The brief notice did not specify a cause of death, nor did it detail the circumstances surrounding her passing. Sommer had previously spoken publicly about health problems, but no direct link to her death has been established. In the report, it was mentioned that she had “slept peacefully.” Sommer’s husband, Wolf Walther, died three months earlier on 22 July 2023 in Los Angeles at the age of 77. Walther, a former hotelier, had suffered from cancer for many years. The couple had been married since 1993. After his death, Sommer expressed her grief, saying, “Mein Herz ist gebrochen.” No medical connection between the two deaths has been reported. Born in Berlin in 1940, Sommer grew up in Franconia. She began her film career in 1959 with the German film Das Totenschiff, starring alongside Horst Buchholz and Mario Adorf. Throughout the 1960s and beyond, she appeared in films with international stars such as Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, and Dean Martin.
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