page_title: 2011 in Germany
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 in Germany / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Loriot, kurz Vicco von Bülow. Ein privates Photo zeigt den Künstler während einer Lesung 2005. Die Aufnahme wurde nach Zusendung an den Künstler handsigniert (rechts unten). Per Bildscanner digitalisiert wird es nun freundlich der Wikipedia und der Allgemeinheit zur freien Verfügung überlassen. English: Vicco von Bülow alias Loriot. The Artist during a reading in 2005 - shown on a private photograph. The print was sent to the artist and hand-signed in the lower right corner. Digitalized by scanning and free for use. Lëtzebuergesch: De Loriot
context_page_description: 2011 in Germany are the events and situation of the Federal Republic of Germany in the year 2011, the state of its land and people in that year. In 2011 Germany was recognized for having the most positive influence in the world. In 2011 it was the largest contributor to the budget of the European Union and the third largest contributor to the UN. Germany hosted the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and ended conscription in the Bundeswehr. In education, Germany achieved a third best result for University rankings.
context_section_description: January 1 – Gerd Michael Henneberg, 88, actor.
  January 3 – Eva Strittmatter, 80, author.
  January 6 – Gad Granach, 95, memoirist.
  January 13 – Hellmut Lange, 87, actor.
  January 24 – Bernd Eichinger, 61, film producer and director.
  February 10 – Claus Helmut Drese, 88, theatre and opera administrator.
  February 11 – Josef Pirrung, 61, footballer.
  February 16 – Hans Joachim Alpers, 67, writer and editor.
  February 19 – Dietrich Stobbe, 72, politician, former Mayor of Berlin.
  February 20 – Helmut Ringelmann, 84, film and television producer.
  February 23 – Gustav Just, 89, journalist and politician.
  March 19 – Knut, 4, polar bear.
  April 3 – Ulli Beier, 89, editor, writer and scholar.
  April 4 – Witta Pohl, 74, actress.
  April 6 – Hans Tiedge, 73, spy.
  April 30 – Egon Drews, 84, canoeist.
  May 7 – Gunter Sachs, 78, German-Swiss photographer and art collector.
  May 8 – Hans-Georg Borck, 89, military officer.
  May 30 – Tillmann Uhrmacher, 44, DJ, musician and radio host.
  May 31 – Hans Keilson, 101, German-Dutch author, doctor and psychoanalyst.
  June 4 – Curth Flatow, 91, screenwriter and dramatist.
  June 14 – Peter Schamoni, 77, director and producer.
  June 18 – Ulrich Biesinger, 77, footballer.
  June 30 – Georg Sterzinsky, 75, cardinal.
  July 4 – Otto von Habsburg, 98, Austro-Hungarian nobleman and politician, died in Bavaria.
  July 4 – Gerhard Unger, 95, opera singer.
  July 13 – Heinz Reincke, 86, actor.
  July 14 – Leo Kirch, 84, media entrepreneur.
  July 17 – Aba Dunner, 73, German-born Jewish activist.
  July 20 – Lucian Freud, 88, German-born British painter.
  July 28 – Bernd Clüver, 63, Schlager singer.
  August 3 – Rudolf Brazda, 98, Concentration camp prisoner.
  August 4 – Conrad Schnitzler, 74, musician.
  August 14 – Friedrich Schoenfelder, 94, actor.
  August 22 – Vicco von Bülow (Loriot), 87, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer.
  August 31 – Rosel Zech, 69, actress.
  September 6 – Hans Apel, 79, politician.
  September 7 – Robert Dietrich, 25, ice hockey player, (plane crash)
  September 14 – Rudolf Mössbauer, 82, Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
  September 17 – Kurt Sanderling, 98, conductor.
  September 28 – Heidi, opossum.
  October 2 – Peter Przygodda, 69, film director.
  October 12 – Heinz Bennent, 90, actor.
  October 17 – Manfred Gerlach, 83, politician.
  October 18 – Friedrich Kittler, 68, literary scholar and media theorist.
  October 28 – Jiri Grusa, 72, Czech diplomat and author, died in Hanover.
  October 29 – Walter Norris, 79, American musician and pianist, died in Berlin.
  October 30 – Mickey Scott, 64, German-born American baseball player.
  November 3 – H. G. Francis (Hans Gerhard Franciskowsky), 75, author of popular fiction.
  November 12 – Eva Monley, 88, German-born Kenyan film location scout.
  November 14 – Franz Josef Degenhardt, 79, singer, poet, novelist and satirist.
  November 22 –
  Kristian Schultze, 66, musician.
  Hans Reichel, 62, guitarist.
  December 1 – Christa Wolf, 82, writer and poet.
  December 3 – Heinrich Sonne, 94, Waffen-SS member.
  December 6 – Barbara Orbison, 61, German-born American record producer and widow of Roy Orbison.
  December 11 – Hans Heinz Holz, 84, Marxist philosopher.
  December 13 – Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, 69, footballer.
  December 15 – Walter Giller, 84, actor.
  December 21 – Werner Otto, 102, businessman and entrepreneur.
  December 24 –
  Johannes Heesters, 108, actor and singer, stroke.
  Walter Söhne, 98, agronomist.
  December 25 – Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, 88, sports commentator.
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