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Rafaella White Gives First Account of Producer Jack White’s Final Hours

She describes a years-long battle with depression marked by repeated suicide attempts.

Overview

  • In interviews with Bild and Bunte, she says a home surveillance feed showed him holding a gun while their two-year-old daughter was inside, prompting her to have caregivers evacuate the child before she called police.
  • Police regarded the October 16, 2025 death in the Berlin-Grunewald villa as a suicide, and officers found a firearm at the scene.
  • She recounts prior crises, including a 2014 incident involving sleeping pills and red wine and severe episodes in December 2024 and May 2025 that required hospitalization.
  • She says she pleaded with him to seek professional treatment for depression, which he refused.
  • She reports he left only minimal funeral instructions, requesting the song "Music was my first love," as she now works to stabilize life for their two children.