As of: February 24, 2024, 2:58 p.m
By: Diane Kofer
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At the end of 2023, TV star Elmar Wepper died of heart failure.
A few hours before his death, he met his colleague Uschi Glas for dinner.
Hamburg – Uschi Glas (79) and Elmar Wepper († 79) were a dream couple in front of the camera.
In the series “Two Munichers in Hamburg” they played a married couple for years and they were also married for TV in “Polizeiinspektion 1” and “Our Most Beautiful Years”.
But the two actors also got along well in their private lives and enjoyed spending their time together.
Elmar Wepper was even with Uschi Glas in the last hours before his death.
Dinner shortly before Elmar Wepper's death: his wife had insisted on meeting Uschi Glas
October 31, 2023 is a black day in the lives of the Weppers.
At the age of 79, Elmar Wepper died unexpectedly of heart failure.
In addition to his fellow actors, his older brother Fritz (82) and his wife Anita are particularly mourning his death.
As if the latter had had a bad premonition, she had enabled Elmar to meet his long-time good friend Uschi Glas shortly before his death.
In the “
NDR Talk Show
” Uschi Glas says that she met the TV star the evening before his sudden death - at a dinner that Elmar's wife had vehemently insisted on.
“We hadn’t seen each other for months,” emphasizes the actress.
She still cannot believe that Elmar Wepper suffered a cardiac arrest shortly afterwards.
“That was incomprehensible.
[...] It was terrible, you couldn't believe it," she remembers.
In “Two Münchner in Hamburg” Uschi Glas and Fritz Wepper played side by side for years.
© Imago/United Archives/Kindermann
“Always correct”: Uschi Glas raves about the late Elmar Wepper
For Uschi Glas it is clear - with Elmar Wepper's death, the world has lost a special person.
She always felt comfortable and safe around him, especially when filming intimate scenes as a TV couple.
“Elmar was a really great colleague for me.
Always prepared and always attentive and always a very fair colleague, never unfair.
“We also shot some scenes where you had to lie down in bed or something,” says the 79-year-old.
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Actor Elmar Wepper died unexpectedly in October 2023.
He spent the evening before his death with his colleague Uschi Glas.
© Screenshot: “NDR Talk Show”/NDR;
Imago/ Sven Simon (photomontage)
“Elmar was always totally correct, 100 percent, and always there.
A good partner.
“If you don’t have a trusted colleague, it’s incredibly difficult to play close roles,” she concludes.
The television icon deeply regrets his death.
Uschi Glas almost lost her husband - but she was able to save his life twice.
Sources used:
“NDR Talk Show”/NDR (episode from February 23, 2024)