“I gave her one last kiss,” says Steeger’s friend Manuela Mock (62).
The boutique owner and Ingrid Steeger (†76) were close friends, allies. Manuela supported that “Klimbim” legend in recent years until her death on Friday. And beyond!
Manuela Mock and Ingrid Steeger have experienced a lot together: in 2017, the actress had to recover after a serious fall, Manuela was at her side
On Saturday she drove with her good friend Alex to Bad Hersfeld (Hesse) to the clinic where Ingrid Steeger died shortly before Christmas. Mock to BILD: “I am also in contact with the family. Everything is okay.” Manuela was in the pathology department with Steeger for half an hour: “I gave her a goodbye kiss and put a card with a dachshund on it in her hand. With the words: ‘Dear Steegerlein, I love you, your friend Manuela.’ She would have been happy about that.”
The entrepreneur felt a great need to say a final goodbye: “I still don’t know whether I should cry or whether I’m just happy because she was now able to escape her suffering. All I know is that she took away the last two percent of my fear of dying because she looked so peaceful.”
Mock continued: “When I saw her, it was like she was on vacation. She was lying beautifully in her nightgown with flowers in her hand. The pathologist put them in her folded hands and there were rose petals around her head. She got a kiss from me and also from our mutual friend Alex.”
In April 2022 in Manuela Mock’s store in Frankfurt: Ingrid Steeger celebrated her 75th birthday with many friends
Manuela Mock cannot provide any information about the cause of death. She: “I didn’t even ask that, dead is dead. Ingrid always said that herself. Further drilling is also not in the family’s best interests.”
1966: Ingrid Steeger started her career and quickly became the most sought-after beauty in Germany
The funeral service is now being planned by Ingrid’s family An acquaintance, Rolf Löbig (80), who wanted to help, is said to have withdrawn out of consideration. There is no date yet.
Mock spoke to Ingrid’s relatives: “She should be cremated and buried very lovingly in a small circle. A dignified farewell. Her death is not an event.”