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Folk music star Michael Hartl remembers the day that changed his life.
Even two years later, the fear of another stroke remains.
Baldham - It's been two years since Michael Hartl's (74) life turned upside down from one moment to the next.
In the early hours of March 10, 2022, the German folk music star suffered a serious stroke.
His wife Marianne (71) immediately alerted the emergency doctor, possibly saving his life.
Michael Hartl remembers his stroke: “How I gasp for air”
The pop singer has now recovered well.
But the memories of the dramatic incident come back again, as Michael Hartl explains in the
Bild
interview.
“Until recently I didn’t know what happened that morning in our house near Munich.
The days after that were also gone.
The whole thing was erased from my mind,” said the Austrian native.
“Now the memory returns.
How I gasp for air, reach for the water bottle on the bed - and it falls out of my hand.
Marianne then immediately woke up and spoke to him, as the 71-year-old
Bild
reports, "but Michi couldn't articulate herself."
She quickly recognized the seriousness of the situation: “We had already dealt with the issue of strokes before.
How do you determine that?
Raise your arm, smile, stick out your tongue.
Michi tried, but couldn't.
I immediately called the emergency doctor.”
Marianne and Michael: an award-winning life
Marianne and Michael, who have been married since 1979, have been on stage together since the early 1970s.
Their work in pop and folk music has earned the couple countless prizes and awards, including the Hermann Löns Medal (1983), the Bambi (1990), the Golden Tuning Fork (1997), the Crown of Folk Music (1998, 1999, 2003) and the Golden Hen for her life's work (2007).
Folk music star Michael Hartl fears another stroke: “The fear is always there”
A long hospital stay followed, during which Michael Hartl had the blood clot that was blocking a vessel in his brain surgically removed.
The folk musician even spent a few days in an artificial coma and had to relearn how to speak and walk.
His right side was also affected.
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The severe stroke of fate that happened two years ago led the hit couple to change their lifestyle.
“We hardly eat any sugar anymore, less salt, I season things with lemon juice, for example,” says Marianne and adds: “Michael avoids cold cuts.
There are lots of vegetables, fish, and sometimes organic chicken.
We move a lot.
Michael takes a nap every day and is now starting golf again.”
Michael Hartl suffered a stroke two years ago.
The folk music star and his wife Marianne remember the day.
© IMAGO/Stephan Wallocha/IMAGO/HOFER
But the fear of another stroke remains.
“It's always there, I listen to myself a lot.
The fact that I now remember the horror day is a good thing because it shows that I am getting better and better,” explains Michael Hartl, who is celebrating his 75th birthday on March 18th and is going on a big farewell tour with his wife this year goes.
This was actually supposed to end in April, but due to numerous requests, the duo is planning an encore in the fall with around 20 additional concerts, especially in southern Germany.
(sk)
Sources used:
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