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Dagmar Koller now using a wheelchair.

Dagmar Koller, the long-time entertainer and celebrated singer known for her role in "My Fair Lady," continues to captivate Viennese society as the cherished enternest of the city since her husband, former mayor Helmut Zilk, passed away. Despite him being out of office for three decades,...

SymClub
May 19, 2024
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Temporarily restricted but still confident: Dagmar Koller (84) is currently dependent on a...
Temporarily restricted but still confident: Dagmar Koller (84) is currently dependent on a wheelchair in her everyday life. Koller's late husband Helmut Zilk (1927-2008) was the victim of a letter bomb attack in her living room in Vienna in 1993

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Following a break in the femoral neck bone region. - Dagmar Koller now using a wheelchair.

After a trip and break in her hip towards the year's end, Dagmar Koller required hospitalization and is now restricted to a wheelchair. The journey to recovery is taxing and gradual.

She further recounts: "I was in much pain, but I'm good now. I had been dancing throughout my life. Perhaps this training is aiding me today."

Per Koller, the wheelchair is the least of her concerns: "I can traverse anywhere in it!" To guarantee that matters proceed favorably, Dagmar Koller communicates frequently with a physiotherapist, undertakes occupational therapy, and is cared for round-the-clock by a nurse and her family members.

Dagmar Koller received BILD reporter Michael Schacht in Vienna

Oftentimes, she even strums the piano. Although her hands still ache sporadically as a result of the accident. "I had been rather skilled at the piano, but since my mother passed away, no one encouraged me to rehearse. I would genuinely appreciate being able to play better."

Notwithstanding, she has concluded her professional journey. "I no longer wish to be onstage anymore. I've toiled enough. If a lucrative proposal ever materialized again, I'd contemplate it, but I'm really delighted that I can manage my time at will."

2017: Dagmar Koller dancing on the stage of a TV show by Stefanie Hertel (44)

In the future, she yearns to travel more between her homes in Vienna and Portugal, where she fondly reminisced with her husband. The sea helps her well-being and mood, and her wheelchair-friendly house there has also been modified.

Where does Dagmar Koller harness her courage from? "I've always been like this! Giving up is not a choice for me. I'm not a lady who'd sit in a gloomy corner of life and submit to her destiny. I'm not Grace Kelly after all..."

Dagmar Koller and Helmut Zilk were married from 1978 until his death in 2008

Celebrating her 85th birthday in August, Dagmar Koller voices: "Am I actually that old already? Astonishing, isn't it?" Perhaps then, she'll be able to dance again - at least that's a wish of hers.

In April 1986, Princess Diana (†36) and the then Prince Charles (75) rode through Vienna in a carriage with Dagmar Koller and her husband Helmut Zilk

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