Overview
- Police in Bonn confirmed Zimmermann was found dead in his apartment last week, following reports of his death.
- A statement from his longtime collaborator on the channel Gewitter im Kopf said he died on November 18 from an epileptic seizure, without independent medical confirmation.
- Zimmermann was publicly known to have Tourette syndrome, and reporters note there is no verified link between that condition and his death.
- Neurology experts explain that roughly 5% of people experience a seizure at least once and about 1% have recurrent seizures, which can raise risks of falls and accidents.
- Specialists from the Deutsche Hirnstiftung say modern antiepileptic medications control seizures in about two-thirds of patients, and they describe rare SUDEP cases without stating it applied here.