Miriam Pielhau (12 May 1975 – 12 July 2016) was a German television and radio presenter, author and actress.
Early life
Pielhau was born to an
Iranian father and a German mother, in
Heidelberg. She moved with her parents to
Bad Berleburg in 1988. In 1994, she graduated from the Johannes-Althusius-Gymnasium there and studied
German and
English for four semesters at the
University of Siegen. However, she broke off this course and worked as a freelancer for various daily newspapers. From 1984 to 1998, she took dance lessons and from 1998 to 2002, she also took singing and acting lessons.
Personal life
On 27 March 2003, Pielhau married Thomas Hanreich, the former singer of the group
Vivid. Since she was in
Khao Lak
Khao Lak ( th, เขาหลัก, ) is a series of villages, now tourist-oriented, mainly in the Takua Pa District and partly in the Thai Mueang District of Phang Nga Province, Thailand.
The name "Khao Lak" literally translated means 'Mai ...
,
Thailand at the time of the
2004 tsunami disaster and survived it during a diving excursion, she got involved in the Hanseatic School for Life project there, which offers orphans a future perspective. In May 2012, she had a daughter who has lived with her father since Pielhaus' death in 2016. Pielhaus separated from her husband in June 2013.
Illness and death
In Spring 2008, Pielhau was diagnosed with
breast cancer. She described her experience with the disease in her book Fremdkörper. In February 2016, she had seemingly defeated the cancer again. She described her second fight against cancer in her book Dr. Hoffnung (''Dr. Hope''). The following month, however, it was announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer again.
Pielhau died on 12 July 2016 at the age of 41 from complications from breast cancer in
Berlin.
[Joachim Karpa]
''Miriam Pielhau ist tot - Das K-Ding war stärker als sie.''
Nachruf in: '' Westfalenpost'' 13 July 2016. For several years she supported the
German Cancer Aid in the fight against cancer. The organization recognized her achievements in educating cancer patients; Gerd Nettekoven, chairman of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Krebshilfe, announced on 14 July that "Miriam Pielhau has encouraged and given hope to many people affected in the fight against cancer. We admired that very much."
Die Deutsche Krebshilfe trauert um Miriam Pielhau
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Filmography
* 1998–2001: GIGA
* 1999: Eins Live TV
* 2002–2005: taff
* 2002: Mission Germany (presenter)
* 2005–2006: Weck Up
* 2005: Top 10 TV – Die größten TV-Stars
* 2005–2007: Cinema TV (2007 under the title ''Wir lieben Kino – Das Magazin'')
* 2007: American Football Showtime
* 2008–2009: Big Brother
Big Brother may refer to:
* Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''
** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control
** Big Brother Awards, a sat ...
* 2009: Baustelle Liebe
* 2010: Dresdner Opernball (presenter)
* 2010: ... ins Grüne! Das Stadt-Land-Lust-Magazin
* 2011: Bambi hilft Kindern (presenter)
* 2011: Verbotene Liebe (guest)
* 2011: Großstadtliebe
* 2013: Hubert und Staller
Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and '' beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname.
Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers ...
– Die ins Gras beißen
References
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1975 births
2016 deaths
Mass media people from Heidelberg
German autobiographers
German columnists
German women columnists
German people of Iranian descent
German radio presenters
German women radio presenters
German television presenters
German women television presenters
German television actresses
20th-century German women writers
21st-century German women writers
20th-century German actresses
21st-century German actresses
Deaths from breast cancer
Deaths from cancer in Germany