Hippie Icon Rainer Langhans Faces Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

The 84-year-old activist and figure of the 1960s counterculture movement has embraced his prognosis with spirituality and meditation.

Rainer Langhans, a prominent figure of the 1960s Kommune 1 and free love movement, has revealed that his prostate cancer is terminal.
Doctors have informed Langhans that there is no possibility of recovery, and he is receiving palliative care, including hormone therapy to ease his symptoms.
Langhans has chosen not to pursue aggressive treatments like chemotherapy or surgery, emphasizing his desire to avoid 'war with his body.'
Despite his prognosis, Langhans has embraced his condition spiritually, meditating to combat fear of death and living with greater awareness and appreciation.
His three long-term partners, with whom he shares a unique living arrangement in Munich, are deeply concerned, though Langhans himself remains at peace.