Overview

• Gerda Ilse Irmgard Zengel, 78, died from complications of injuries sustained in an early-August traffic accident in Saxony-Anhalt, according to Bild reports relayed by GALA.
• Promiflash, citing Bild, reports the crash occurred on the B189 near Seehausen on August 9 and that she died two weeks later after being airlifted to a hospital.
• Zengel honored her grandmother on Instagram, writing that she fought until the end and describing the death as an unexpected blow that left a void in the family.
• In a statement reported by Bild, the actress called her grandmother the best she could imagine, praising her warmth, humor, cooking, singing, and card-playing.
• Family accounts highlighted Gerda Zengel’s three decades as a DDR Reichsbahn dispatcher and the family’s 1989 move to West Germany, as well as a shared artistic streak.