In an interview with WELT and ROLLING STONE Germany, the German metal singer Doro Pesch describes her difficult time in New York in the 1980s, in which she was controlled by a personal coach, as well as a traumatic experience with pulmonary tuberculosis when she was around 14 or 15 years old, from which she ultimately escaped and set herself the goal of making people happy.
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Doro Pesch is the front woman of the German heavy metal band Warlock, which became internationally famous in the 1980s. Her album 'Triumph and Agony' is considered her most successful work.
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Michael Thilo, the singer of the original “Benjamin Blümchen” radio play theme song, died on March 3, 2026 at the age of 81. This was confirmed by his son Enrico.
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