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Berlin Prosecutors Rule Jack White’s Death a Suicide With Burial Planned in Cologne

A statement from his attorney says the death inquiry is closed, clearing the way for an interment in the family grave.

Overview

  • Attorney Sebastian Loewe said Berlin prosecutors released the body and determined the cause of death as suicide, ending the investigation.
  • An autopsy was ordered after the 85-year-old producer was found on October 16 at his Berlin-Grunewald residence with a gunshot injury.
  • The family plans to place his urn in a Cologne cemetery plot alongside his mother’s urn and near his late sister Brigitte.
  • Reports indicate White had preserved his mother Käthe’s urn at home for years and both will now rest in the family grave.
  • Born Horst Nußbaum, Jack White was a leading Schlager producer who worked with artists including Tony Marshall, Jürgen Marcus, Roberto Blanco and David Hasselhoff.