Overview
- The family said they carried out a Rheinbestattung in the closest circle and shared photos and words on Instagram after the ceremony on Sunday, July 19.
- Wife Birgit (“Stups”) and daughter Iris wrote that fulfilling Lutz’s wish to “become one with the river” made the farewell feel free and peaceful and they thanked supporters for their messages.
- Lutz died in May at age 64 after a period of illness, and his death was first announced publicly by Birgit on June 11, when she said his lungs had become too weak.
- Son Ingo, who has been publicly estranged from his parents, says he learned of his father’s death from a fan and was not invited to the burial, and he has not commented on the ceremony.
- The family’s decision and Instagram post drew wide media coverage because Lutz was a long‑time, popular figure on RTL’s Schwiegertochter gesucht and river burials on the Rhine have specific regional rules in Germany.