Overview
- Bohlen said Hans Bohlen died on 25 November 2025 at age 97 and called the final period "a real torment."
- He described a progression from hospital to care home and then hospice with 24-hour care, supplemental oxygen, and an inability to breathe unaided.
- Bohlen spent most of the last four months in Oldenburg to support his mother, noting his parents had been married for over 70 years.
- The family kept the death private with no public obituary and a small burial attended only by close relatives.
- He recently married longtime partner Carina, explaining that choosing a New Year's Eve ceremony was a deliberate response to his father's death.