Annika Hoenig spoke on TV on Sunday evening about her husband’s health. Actor Heinz Hoenig is scheduled to have his first operation on Monday.
For the first time live on TV, Annika Hoenig, wife of actor Heinz Hoenig, spoke about her husband’s condition on “stern TV am Sonntag”.
She said she received the news that the first operation would be carried out on Monday with joy, hope and a lot of fear. “Heinz fights and is brave. He is very afraid, but also has a great will to live. (…) My strength is the love for my husband. When I can be with him, I recharge my batteries and feel good. He is mine great protector that I must protect now.” She spends every free minute at her husband’s bedside.
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The seriously ill actor Heinz Hoenig’s application for inclusion in statutory health insurance has been rejected. That’s what his wife Annika Hoenig said. The conditions are not met. Now she doesn’t know what to do next, she said.
More than 150,000 euros have already been donated for Heinz Hoenig
Fans and fellow actors donated more than 150,000 euros for Hoenig as part of a fundraising campaign to cover the costs of upcoming operations. His wife was grateful: “He used to earn good money and could have taken precautions, yes,” said Annika Hoenig. He always had to pay for everything himself – and at some point the reserves ran out.
The actor is scheduled to undergo his first operation on Monday. The doctors informed him well about the risks of the operations. “But he also knows that we stick together and that love is greater than anything that lies ahead.”
According to media reports, a bacterial infection damaged a stent in Hoenig’s heart and the aorta had to be replaced. There is also a hole in the esophagus.
Hoenig starred, among other things, in the 80s hit “Das Boot” and is also known from television series by director Dieter Wedel from the 90s (“The Great Bellheim”, “The Shadow Man”, “The King of St. Pauli”) . Most recently he took part in the RTL jungle camp as a candidate.
Transparency note: The star is part of RTL Deutschland.
Source: Stern
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