Overview
- On March 16, 2026, her former Rosenstolz partner posted a longer Instagram remembrance, recalling their 1990s highs and closing with her credo to “tanz, solange die Musik spielt.”
- AnNa R. was found dead in her Berlin apartment on March 16, 2025 at age 55, and the circumstances remain undisclosed for privacy reasons.
- She co-founded Rosenstolz with Peter Plate in 1991 and the duo achieved multiple No. 1 albums before pausing their collaboration in 2012.
- She was a long-standing HIV/AIDS advocate, including service with Berliner Aids-Hilfe, and in 2011 the duo received the Federal Cross of Merit First Class for their engagement.
- Her voice continues to resonate through posthumous work, including the album Mut zur Liebe featuring “Ach wie schön kann Liebe sein,” which producer Manne Uhlig told NDR she especially valued.