Overview

• After a year of serious cardiac illness, Heinz Hoenig appeared with his wife at the 75th‑anniversary party of Hamburg’s Zwick and took a walk on St. Pauli beforehand.
• Old companions including Otto Waalkes, Claude‑Oliver Rudolph and Hugo Egon Balder attended, with several visibly moved by Hoenig’s return.
• Hoenig’s 2024 crisis involved an artificial coma and esophageal surgery, and his team raised treatment funds publicly due to his lack of health insurance.
• Despite visible improvement, local reporting says Hoenig still awaits key hospital appointments, including a reported operation on the aorta.
• In a new interview, Heino says he continues to mourn his late wife, is cared for by a small circle in Kitzbühel, and claims a long Bierkönig engagement that he says could last to his 100th as he prepares to mark his 87th birthday on stage.