She was on the point of divorcing Zoubkoff on the grounds that his behaviour had resulted in his expulsion from Germany, he was unable to maintain her, and that "conjugal relations did not exist"., but only a few days after this announcement became public she fell seriously ill with pneumonia, dying in a Bonn hospital on 13 November 1929.
Dia berada di titik menceraikan Zoubkoff dengan alasan bahwa perilakunya telah mengakibatkan pengusirannya dari Jerman, ia tidak dapat mempertahankannya, dan bahwa "tanpa hubungan suami-istri"., namun hanya beberapa hari setelah ini pengumuman menjadi publik dia jatuh sakit parah dengan pneumonia, meninggal di rumah sakit Bonn pada tanggal 13 November 1929.