Alessia Herren (24) has to celebrate her father's birthday without him for the sixth time. The schlager singer Willi Herren (1975-2021) died unexpectedly on April 20, 2021. Today, on June 17, he would have turned 51 years old. On his special day, his daughter shares moving words for him.
"Happy Birthday to my father in heaven", writes the reality TV star in her Instagram story. "Even though you are no longer with us, you live on in our hearts every day." He is her "most beautiful angel". She also explains how much she misses and loves him. "Forever missed and never forgotten" Herren adds and signs the message with the words: "In eternal love, your daughter, your fun-loving daughter".
In the background, photos can be seen showing father and daughter over the years. In one shot, she is standing on stage with her father, another is from her early childhood - Herren still has a pacifier in her mouth.
Emotional Posts on Birthday and Father's Day
On Willi Herren's birthday in April, the former jungle camp contestant expressed her grief particularly poignantly. No one can take away her pain, Alessia Herren wrote alongside a compilation of recordings of the entertainer. "How could you leave us so early, Dad, how?", she lamented. He was her hero, her lion. "Day and night I only think of you! Because I need you, need you so much!", reported the reality star.
On Father's Day in May, Alessia Herren also spoke out and called her father the brightest "star in the darkness". She emphasized he was "the very best dad and grandpa in the world". However, Willi Herren only got to meet two of his four grandchildren. In 2013, Herren's son Stefano welcomed his first child, son Emilio-Willi. In 2020, daughter Valentina followed. Alessia Herren also had two children with husband Can Nitkewitz: daughter Anisa-Amalia was born in April 2023, and son Ates was born in April of this year.
