Overview
- The BAP frontman marked his 75th birthday with a special show in Cologne that mixed songs with personal stories.
- He says his second wife, Tina, saved his life in 2011 by calling emergency doctors as soon as he suffered a stroke.
- He later reported that he recovered very well from the stroke and has no lasting impairments.
- He dedicated the 2013 album “Zosamme alt” to Tina, calling it a tribute to his “guardian angel.”
- He keeps singing in Kölsch, noting he could first speak only Kölsch after surgery because High German words would not come.