Katy Karrenbauer: So she said goodbye to her father

On May 23, 2025, her father Dieter died at the age of 93, Katy Karrenbauer (62) said goodbye to him that day. has now spoken in detail the “behind bars” actress about his death. “Katy, I think I have to die. You know, I think my body has no strength to take part in life,” he said weeks before his death. Although he had dementia, he always had light moments.

Despite his ailments, her father still had a goal in mind. He wanted to experience his 93rd birthday on May 12, 2025. He did that too. He celebrated the day of honor with his daughter and a few friends. In Katy Karrenbauer’s farewell post on Facebook, scenes of the celebration can be seen where her father sings to an old song.

“I have to go, Katy, do you agree?” Her father said a week before his death to Karrenbauer. “Yes, I am Papa, I agree,” she replied according to “RTL.de”.

The father of the TV star died in the night of May 23. Katy Karrenbauer was with him until the end. “My father never wanted to die hanging on devices and I did everything I could to that it won’t be that way,” she said.

Katy Karrenbauer had only had close contact with her father since 2018, after 50 years of radio silence. Her parents had separated when she was still a child. His partner at the time turned to Katy Karrenbauer seven years ago before she died of cancer. The actress brought her father to Berlin from her birthplace Duisburg. Over the time with her demented father, she wrote the book “I wanted a dog – now I have a father”.