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Pop star Roy Black died 33 years ago.
His son Torsten has now told in an interview how he still honors his father and his work today.
Colombia – Roy Black died on October 9, 1991 at the age of 48.
With hits like “Ganz in Weiß” and “You’re not alone” he remains unforgotten by his fans to this day.
Black also became famous for his appearances in music films and his role Lennie Berger in the television series “Ein Schloss am Wörthersee”.
Roy Black's son: He was in shock after his father's death
“My father left a great artistic legacy,” says Torsten Höllerich (47), the entertainer’s son, in an interview with
schlager.de
.
“Honoring that is what I’m all about now.”
Höllerich, who now lives in Colombia, found out from his mother at the age of 15 that his father had died, he says.
“Just a year earlier, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
I still had to struggle with that too.
My mother picked me up from school and then told me.” After the news he was “in shock”.
Torsten Höllerich wants to honor the legacy of his father Roy Black
The memory of Roy Black, real name Gerhard Höllerich, should not fade, which is why his son set up an Instagram account in his honor.
“First and foremost, it is a personal homage to my father,” explains Höllerich in an interview with
schlager.de
.
You can find many photos of his family on the site.
“But it’s also about my current life here in Colombia.
Anecdotes of my father and things he said.
And later also small excerpts from his songs that I sing.” He doesn’t want to follow in his father’s footsteps, “but rather honor and keep alive how and who he was.”
In order to preserve the memory of his father, who would be 81 years old today, he also spoke to his son, Roy Black's only grandson, about his grandfather, “his songs, who and how he was.
Of course only as far as he can understand it at this young age.
He will get to know his grandfather very well.”
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Torsten Höllerich comes from Roy Black's marriage to the model Silke Vagts.
The two married in 1974 and their son was born two years later.
The two divorced in 1985, and in 1991 Roy Black died in his fishing hut in Heldenstein, Upper Bavaria.
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Sources used:
Schlager.de, Instagram