Overview
- Alessia Herren posted a heartfelt open letter on Instagram Monday to mark the fifth anniversary of her father Willi Herren’s death.
- She called him her hero and shared a collage and short videos that show him performing and spending quiet moments with her.
- Now 24 and already a mother, she said she is pregnant with her second child and vowed to carry her father’s name with pride.
- Willi Herren was found dead in his Cologne apartment on April 20, 2021 at age 45, and while his wife later said on TV in 2022 that Valium played a role, there are no new official findings beyond his past struggles with pills, cocaine, and alcohol.
- Known first as an actor, he moved into reality TV after a 2004 stint on Germany’s Dschungelcamp, a path his daughter followed with her own appearance in 2025.