The funeral of Iberl boss Georg Maier took place on a small scale because of the corona pandemic.
But there is good news for all companions who could not be there.
Munich - For a living person like
Georg Maier († 79)
the last trip with kettledrums and trumpets, crying and laughing and a decent meal after the drama would have been just right - accompanied by hundreds of people.
Instead, there were a few who were allowed to accompany him
with masks and sad eyes
on his
last way to the grave
on Tuesday lunchtime, including
actress and cabaret artist Monika Gruber
, who one day her stage career in the
Iberl
under the strict direction of Georg Maier had started.
"Even if it is a
worthy farewell
, Georg Maier would not have liked it," said the cabaret artist.
The weather was greißlig,
sleet and an icy wind
whistled through the branches of the spruce trees above the grave of the dead in New Year's Eve Iberl impresario.
No hugs, no toast to the deceased, no heartwarming conversations that help through the difficult hours - the
corona pandemic
forced people to distance themselves and stay away, many were
not even
allowed to come because of the
contact restrictions
.
Funeral of Iberl boss Maier: wife and two daughters among a few admitted mourners
But the most important ones were there: Georg Maier's three big loves,
daughter Marie (2)
, who was playing in the snow when his coffin was lowered into his grave in the forest cemetery in Solln - facing Iberl, his
wife Raphaela (36)
and Maier's
big one Daughter Georgia (47)
who almost disappeared behind the black face mask.
“Even if we knew for a long time how the
cancer
raged inside him, this finality is still difficult to take,” she said.
"Georg only lived that long because he
did not want to let the illness bring him
to
his knees
", widow Raphaela is sure.
Then on New Year's Eve he submitted to his fate.
Father Norbert Thüx
held
the
funeral service
for the closest relatives
- it is the pastor who married Georg and Raphaela in 2016.
“I remember him fondly, he was loving, sharp, pedantic, had a
big heart
and was carefree in a way worthy of imitation,” said the pastor - referring to the
Sermon
on the
Mount
, in which Jesus asked people to use their talents and to trust in the future instead of just looking at yourself with fear and little faith.
"Georg Maier had
many talents
and with them he gave gifts to the world," said Thüx.
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“I gotta be me” (“I have to be myself”) -
Maier's son-in-law Eric Brodka
sang
this classic by Sammy Davis through the almost empty
Johann Baptist church in Solln
from the bottom of his soul
.
If there was no pandemic, it would never have been enough for Georg Maier's mourners.
But so they had to stay at home.
For example,
former mayor Christian Ude
, he would have liked to pay his last respects to Georg Maier.
Among the few who dared to go to the grave was Monika Gruber and
Luise Kinseher
.
She couldn't have done otherwise because she
owed
her
career to
her discoverer Georg Maier
.
Actor Sepp Schauer
said the same
: "I was very annoyed because he was so pedantic with us at rehearsals, but when I think of him now, only
nice and good things come to
mind
."
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Hansi Kraus
suppressed a few tears and said: “I really liked and admired him.
Also his
strength
, which allowed him to
play
the
Grattler opera
in September
, although he was already seriously ill, but which he did not show.
This masculinity to the end, no one imitates Georg. "
“Oana wia koana”
, as Eric Brodka
stated
in a verse that he wrote himself.
"Yes, you are allowed to do that, and
as much as Di, it will be fine with ...
"
But still another
big staging
- a
commemoration for everyone
and with all the trimmings - just to the taste of Schorsch, as soon as the pandemic allows.
(Susanne Sasse)
