Benedict Friday is dead: Nena’s daughter mourns the loss of deceased father

The Swiss theater and film actor Benedict Freitag died on August 15 at the age of 72. His daughter Larissa Kerner (35) announced the sad news three weeks later, which gives deep insights into her grief.

“Our dad, Benedict Franz Freitag, traveled on Friday, August 15,” writes the musician for a series of pictures with old pictures of her father. In the emotional contribution, she asks the philosophical question: “Are your own parents not immortal?” The daughter of the singer Nena (65, bourgeois Gabriele Susanne Kerner) describes her emotional world with remarkable words: “The pain, grief and letting go come in waves, like labor. There is a lot of laughter in the breaks and there is a lot to do.”

Larissa Kerner lovingly remembers shared experiences: “I think of the beautiful traveling together – with and without a motorcycle -, the theater evenings, beautiful stories and songs that you sung us and eating the world’s best.” Cooking in particular seems to have been a passion of her father: “I don’t know of any person who did not kneel down in front of your meal.”

But Larissa also does not hide the difficult pages: “Of course you were also difficult, and I was allowed to rub and learn to put my limits on you.” In poetic words she finds comfort: “I look into the starry sky and feel your size and I feel your hug in the sun’s rays. You are now everywhere.” With the English words “Shine it on on, daddy – i love you” she ends her moving obituary.

Benedict Friday was with the German singer Nena from 1987 to 1992. Three children emerged from this relationship: the twins Larissa and Sakias (both 35) and their firstborn son Christopher (1988-1989). Tragically, Christopher died of the consequences of lack of oxygen at birth at the age of eleven months.

So far, Nena has not publicly commented on the death of her ex-partner. At the same time as Larissa’s Instagram post from 1989 – a time when she was with Benedict Friday. After the separation from Benedict Freitag, Nena found a new partner with Philipp Palm with whom she has two more children: Samuel (30) and Simeon (28).

Benedict Friday started his acting career in 1980 and quickly established himself in the German-language theater and film landscape. It participated in numerous productions, including in the popular “crime scene” crime series. He gained his international experience through stays in the USA, Canada and the Netherlands, where he also worked artistically.