Monika Dannemann

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Monika Dannemann (born June 24, 1945 in Düsseldorf ; † April 5, 1996 in Seaford , East Sussex ) was a German figure skating trainer and the last partner of the famous rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix . She is the author of the biography The Inner World of Jimi Hendrix (1995) and was considered a groupie within the rock music scene .

Life

Dannemann met Hendrix on January 12, 1969 after a concert in Düsseldorf . She was the last person to see Hendrix alive. On September 18, 1970, she found Hendrix in her apartment in the Samarkand Hotel in London , where he had spent the night.

After Jimi Hendrix died, she gave many interviews at her home in Seaford , Sussex . She also visited the Hendrix family in Seattle . In an article in The Independent , writer Mary Braid writes:

"She has always maintained - despite evidence to the contrary - that she had an 18-month relationship and engagement to Hendrix."

- Mary Braid

In 1976 she met Uli Jon Roth , who was the guitarist of the Scorpions at the time. On the Scorpions LP Taken by Force from 1977 there is the piece We'll Burn the Sky , the text of which Dannemann wrote. She lived with him for 17 years until 1993. She also appeared as a painter, including for Roth record covers.

In 1996, Dannemann was found dead in her exhaust-filled car two days after losing a lawsuit against another former Hendrix friend, Kathy Etchingham . There she was found guilty of contempt of court due to continued defamation. Her death has been classified as a suicide. Roth dedicated his orchestral work Requiem for an Angel (1996–1998) to her.

Book publication

  • 1995: The Inner World of Jimi Hendrix , London: Bloomsbury / St Martins Press ISBN 0-7475-2314-2

Appearances in documentaries

  • 1973: Jimi Hendrix (Director: Joe Boyd)
  • 1990: Jimi Hendrix (Director: Christoph Felder)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bibliographic information on The Inner World of Jimi Hendrix at Google Books
  2. ^ Entry January 12, 1969, Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf in the Jimi Hendrix blog in Germany , December 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ Entry on Monika Dannemann on skateguard1.blogspot.co.uk, February 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b c d A rock legend unto herself independent.co.uk, May 1, 1996.
  5. ↑ a b c memorial pages for Monika Dannemann on the website of Uli Jon Roth
personal data
SURNAME Dannemann, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German friend of the musician Jimi Hendrix
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1996
Place of death Seaford , East Sussex , England