Ralph Siegel mourns Naddel: “That hurts you and sorry”

“I find her death very unfortunate and sad,” explains ESC legend Ralph Siegel (79) about the early death of his ex-girlfriend Nadja “Naddel” Abd el Farrag. “It hurts and sorry if a person has to die so young. Our separation was a long time ago.”

The two were a couple for about four months in 2001-at a time when Naddel took a fresh start after their complicated on-off relationship with music producer Dieter Bohlen (71). Although the liaison with a seal was only briefly held, it caused a lot of sensation in the German media landscape. Abd el Farrag surprisingly ended the relationship by SMS at the time.

Nadja Abd El Farrag died of organ failure in a Hamburg clinic on Friday in a Hamburg clinic. She started her career as a background singer in Dieter Bohl’s music project Blue System and was in a relationship with the music star from 1989 to 1996 and from 1997 to 2001. The pop titan had already spoken up shortly after the death of his long-time partner.

On his official Instagram account, he shared an old video by Abd El Farrag, where she is on stage together with Bohlen and demonstrates her singing talent. “I am very sad. Quiet in peace, Nadja,” is Bohlen’s short expressions of mourning, with which he provided his Instagram post.

Abd El Farrag recently complained about financial and health problems in interviews and her biography “roller coaster”. After her death, the Hamburg millionaire Andreas Ellermann, who was friends with Naddel, offered help to her family. He said the “Bild” newspaper: “If the family wants it, I will pay the costs for the funeral. I have already spoken to the mother and offered her help.” Details on the burial are not yet known.