ESC composer suffers from cancer
Ralph Siegel taken to the hospital with a drug overdose
Actually, he just wanted to get fit for the New Year’s Eve party. Then the opposite happened: Ralph Siegel had to be taken to the hospital because of a drug overdose.
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Ralph Siegel was taken to the hospital with a drug overdose.
He is in poor health, now ESC legend Ralph Siegel (77) has suffered a setback. The “A Little Peace” composer, who was suffering from cancer, had to spend four days in the hospital over New Year’s Eve. He had collapsed in his house and hit his forehead on a pipe. His wife Laura (38) alerted the emergency doctor. He was then taken to a clinic.
“I passed out like a wet sack. The reason was a tablet overdose of morphine and cortisone, which I had administered to myself without thinking,” says Siegel to “Bild”. Because of his triple herniated disc, he took the painkillers for the morning and evening at the same time. “I wanted to be fit for my New Year’s Eve party,” he argued. The drug cocktail was probably too much.
New Year’s party without him
Nevertheless, a New Year’s Eve party with twelve friends took place in his house. “I had to stay in the clinic for observation, but I didn’t want to spoil my friends’ New Year’s Eve. We still had contact via mobile phone video, »says Siegel. Siegel was finally released home on January 2nd.
Ralph Siegel made his third prostate cancer disease public at the end of October 2022. “Now I’ve got the rubbish again,” he told the “Bild am Sonntag”. «After twelve years, my prostate cancer is back. I’ve had the first radiation treatments since Wednesday – also for metastases in my left shoulder.”
The multiple ESC title composer does not know how his cancer will continue. “The radiation is behind me. I’ll find out in March if they brought anything,” he says. (imh)