Hildegard Knef's Death
Born (Birthday) December 28, 1925
Death Date February 1, 2002
Age of Death 76 years
Cause of Death Lung Infection
Profession Stage Actress
The stage actress Hildegard Knef died at the age of 76. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
German stage and screen actress who appeared in the 1955 Broadway musical Silk Stockings, as well as in such German films as The Murderers Are Among Us and The Sinner.
She had a daughter with her second husband David Cameron.
She was 76. Ms. Knef, whose name was often anglicized as Neff in cast lists for films and plays, died of a lung infection, The Associated Press reported. A heavy smoker for most of her life, she had suffered from emphysema and, earlier, from breast cancer.
Quotes
"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don’t be middling if you can help it.
"Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to talk about.