Pierre Brice Cause Of Death: How The "Winnetou" Actor Died

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Pierre Brice made himself immortal in film history as &quot;Winnetou&quot; in the sixties. However, in 2015 the famous actor died. We reveal the cause of his death.

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00:00 Pierre Brice immortalized himself as Winnetou in film history during the 1960s.

00:07 In real life, the Western legend tragically bid farewell forever on June 6, 2015.

00:14 We will reveal everything about his final years and the circumstances of his death.

00:19 Pierre Brice passed away 50 years after reaching the peak of his acting career, thanks to the

00:24 Carl May adaptations.

00:27 The Treasure of Silver Lake marked his significant breakthrough in 1962.

00:33 Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death came six years later, being the eleventh

00:37 and final installment of the successful series.

00:40 However, Winnetou continued to accompany Brice for many more years.

00:46 In 1980, he reprised his iconic role for the domestically not very successful series My

00:52 Friend Winnetou.

00:53 Simultaneously, he participated for many years in the Carl May festivals in Elsp, Sauerland,

01:00 and Bad Sägeberg.

01:02 One last time, in 1997, the Frenchmen donned the Indian costume for the ZDF two-parter

01:08 Winnetou's Return.

01:10 At that time, Brice was already 68 years old.

01:14 In his later decades, the actor, who found true love in his wife Hela, born in Amberg,

01:19 Bavaria, took life more calmly.

01:23 In the 2000s, he released a few songs and made guest appearances in German TV productions

01:28 like Rote Rosen or Kreuzfahrt ins Glück.

01:31 From 2010 onwards, the 81-year-old noticeably withdrew.

01:37 The last five years of his life were spent with his wife near Paris and occasionally

01:41 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

01:42 In 2015, at the age of 86, he mentioned in an interview with Der Spiegel that he wouldn't

01:49 rule out a comeback on stage, but he wouldn't play Winnetou anymore.

01:53 "A good Boulevard Theater piece would still interest me if offered, and if my health permits."

01:59 When asked if he feared death, he replied, "Who doesn't?"

02:05 Suppression is the recipe for success in this case.

02:09 However, in early June 2015, everything suddenly happened very quickly.

02:15 Weiss developed a high fever and was admitted to a hospital near Paris.

02:20 He suffered from pneumonia and a few hours later, on the morning of June 6, he passed

02:25 away.

02:27 The funeral took place 12 days later in Munich before he was buried in nearby Grafwilfen

02:31 the next day.

02:33 A sister of his wife Hela resides there.

02:36 Two years earlier, he had told Bild that he planned to spend his last years in Germany.

02:42 "My eternal hunting grounds are in Germany.

02:46 When I go, I want my dear wife to be with her family."

02:49 "She shouldn't be alone," said the Winnetou actor.

02:53 "I love her."

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