Overview

• Piper, 84, said he went to a Tafel food bank for the first time because he can no longer afford groceries and thanked the volunteers for their help.
• He reports living on a small pension supplemented by monthly transfers from his son for basic expenses such as haircuts, cleaning and everyday needs.
• The former star says offers have stopped, repeat fees have shrunk and he has already sold his car to cut costs.
• His memoir, titled “Ja, ich war Alf” and co-written with Johannes Maria Brunner, is finished but has been turned down by about 40 publishers as he continues to seek a deal.
• Since his wife’s death, he has lived alone in the family house, which now belongs to his son, with a right of residence and only utility payments, and he is weighing future housing options.