Romy Schneider: She died in a broken heart
The beautiful film legend Romy Schneider († 43) could never overcome the pain of the tragic loss …
Romy Schneider: Son dies in a tragic accident
July 5, 1981 was a warm summer day. Just right to play outside. David also played football with friends and returned to his stepgrand parents around noon. When he arrived in front of their villa, the iron gate was closed. Because the 14-year-old did not have a key, he climbed to the garden wall to jump over the grid from there. A fatal mistake! He lost his balance, slid out and was hit by a metal point. The point separated the arteries from his thigh. The rescue was immediately present, David brought to the next hospital. He was operated on, the doctors fought for his life – in vain! When Romy Schneider († 43) stormed the clinic, it was already too late. She collapsed, cried, shouted, hugged her deceased son.
She died in a broken heart
The beautiful actress has experienced many heights, but even more depths: her first great love, film star Alain Delon († 88), cheated and left her. In 1979 her ex-husband and David’s father Harry Meyen († 54) committed suicide. But now the darkest hour of her life had come! All her happiness was son David. Romy Schneider himself Hard attention as a child. Her famous parents Magda Schneider († 87) and Wolf Albach-Retty († 60) never had time and stood far too often in front of the camera. The Austrian resident did not want to celebrate this error, so she devoted herself completely to her beloved child, said film offers, even to end her career.
David’s death was also her death. Her younger daughter Sarah (47, then four) of her second marriage to Daniel Biasini (76), she could not freeze this accident. Her soul bore sadness. Only a year later, on May 29, 1982, Romy Schneider was found dead in her Paris apartment. Suicide? Too much alcohol? Tablets? The only thing that was on the death certificate was: heart failure. But later it was often said: She died in a broken heart. And that sounds credible. The unforgettable “Sissi” loved her son about all the dimensions. Without living Him, there would be no life …
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