Fritz Wepper
Slowly on the road to recovery after blood poisoning
Fritz Wepper in June 2023 at an opening in Gmund am Tegernsee.
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Concern for Fritz Wepper: The actor is currently in the hospital due to blood poisoning. How is his health?
Great concern for actor Fritz Wepper: The 82-year-old is currently in hospital with blood poisoning. Wepper’s lawyer Norman Synek confirmed this to the German Press Agency on Tuesday (December 19th). The evening before The “Bild” newspaper reported that the actor was admitted to a Munich hospital two weeks ago and has been there ever since. Wepper is now “on the road to recovery,” the lawyer’s statement says.
His brother Elmar Wepper died in October
It was only at the end of October that his younger brother Elmar Wepper died unexpectedly at the age of 79. Fritz Wepper told the magazine “Bunte” in November: “It wasn’t to be expected, I’m full of sadness.” The death of his brother, who was also a successful actor, came “out of the blue” – “like a terrible lightning bolt.” The TV star died of an unexpected cardiac arrest.
Shortly before, Fritz Wepper and his wife Susanne Kellermann (49) had published a book. With the publication of “Only with a Dog am I a Human” (Goldegg-Verlag), Wepper announced his departure from acting. “This book will be his very last project. Fritz said that very clearly. His legacy. It is what he wants to leave behind,” Kellermann said in a double interview with “Bild am Sonntag”. Fritz Wepper then confirmed in an interview that he had finished acting.
Long battle against cancer
Fritz Wepper has had difficult times in recent years. At the beginning of 2021 he had to undergo tumor surgery, followed by five months in intensive care. In the summer he went to a rehabilitation clinic on Lake Tegernsee near Munich.
Fritz Wepper and Susanne Kellermann have been married since 2020. The two have a daughter together, who was born in 2011. His daughter Sophie Wepper (42) comes from his first marriage to Angela von Morgen (1942-2019).