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Pop star Heino has been on stage for almost 70 years. In the four-part documentary “HEINO – Karamba, Karacho, Kult” on RTL+ and VOX, he talks about one of the hardest strokes of fate of his life: the loss of his child.
When the news arrived, Heino was on a cruise in the Mediterranean, he reports in the documentary “HEINO – Karamba, Karacho, Kult” (from March 13th on RTL+, from March 31st on VOX). The singer remembers: “When we set sail, I got the news that my daughter had taken her own life.”
Despite the shocking news, the singer remained on board the Costa Victoria. Five days after Petra’s death he was back on stage. Looking back, Heino says: “I went through with it, I had no other choice.” And further: “I think my daughter would have wanted me to sing too,” he continues in the documentary.
Heino didn’t know anything about his daughter for nine years
Petra had suffered from severe psychological problems for years. According to Heino, she had “the same mental illness as her mother,” including delusions and hallucinations.
“She was trapped in her own world and could no longer take part in normal life,” Heino told “Bild am Sonntag” about Petra’s condition. For the musician, the loss was a traumatic moment: “It was the worst thing I’ve been through to date.”
Petra was born in 1968 from a short relationship with a former childhood sweetheart. At that time Heino was already married. However, for a long time he did not know that he had become a father.
“Once a woman with a blonde child stood in front of me after a concert and said: ‘Heino, that’s your daughter,’” he said in an interview with the “Rheinische Post” in 2023. “The girl was already seven years old at the time; she arose from a liaison before the start of my career, which was later confirmed in court. I didn’t know it – otherwise I would have taken care of it sooner.”
He says about her conception in the RTL documentary: “It was a great night with far-reaching financial consequences. But I was happy to pay for my daughter.”
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Heino has another son
After Petra’s mother died in 1988, he brought Petra, then 17 years old, to live with him and his wife Hannelore.
Heino also has a son from his first marriage to Henriette Heppner. Uwe was born in the early 1960s. With the Hannelore (†), who died in 2023 The pop star has no children in common.
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