Alfred Biolek
“Without having to suffer, he could just fall asleep”
Alfred Biolek died on July 23.
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Scott Biolek-Ritchie spoke about the death of his adoptive father Alfred Biolek: “He could just fall asleep without suffering.”
Scott Biolek-Ritchie (51), the adopted son of Alfred Biolek (1934-2021), was sitting by the 87-year-old’s bed when he died on July 23, as he revealed to the magazine “Bunte”. He held his hand, said Biolek-Ritchie, “and told him he could go quietly. I respect this decision and I am happy for Alfred that he was able to fall asleep without suffering.”
“Letting go” of his adoptive father was difficult for him, the 51-year-old also explains in “Bunte”, “but it was his wish”: “To love someone also means to let him go.” Elsewhere, Scott Biolek-Ritchie says it was Biolek’s “conscious decision” to “no longer want to live. He always said he had a great life. But now it was enough for him.”
Severe blow of fate
Alfred Biolek became a cult star in the 80s and 90s. From 1991 to 2003 he stood in front of the camera for his weekly ARD talk show “Boulevard Bio”. His television series “alfredissimo!”, Which ran on WDR from December 1994, made cooking in front of the camera prominent in Germany. Until 2007, various star guests stood at the stove to cook their favorite dishes. “Bio” eventually ended his TV career.
In 2010, Biolek was seriously injured in a fall on the stairs. In the following years he withdrew as much as possible from the public. In April 2021, his second adopted son, Keith Biolek-Austin, died in the United States at the age of 58. Biolek-Ritchie explained in the “Bunte” interview that this severe stroke of fate was “extremely damaging to Biolek”.