Elke Sommer, one of Germany’s best known actresses of the 1960s and star of Pink Panther film, A Shot in the Dark, has died, after a battle with heart failure
Elke Sommer, who starred opposite Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther film A Shot in the Dark, has died. The actress, 85, had been battling heart failure before she died ‘peacfully’ at her home in Los Angeles.
Her stepson Sebastian Walther confirmed the news to German outlet Bild: “Elke passed away peacefully around 10 p.m.” It comes only three months after her husband of 32 years, Wolf Walther, died of cancer. Sebastian added: “Now she can finally be with her beloved husband again.”
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