Miriam Pielhau
German radio and television presenter, author and actress
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- Miriam Pielhau (12 May 1975 – 12 July 2016) was a German television and radio presenter, author and actress.
- She moved with her parents to Bad Berleburg in 1988.
- However, she broke off this course and worked as a freelancer for various daily newspapers.
- Personal life On 27 March 2003, Pielhau married Thomas Hanreich, the former singer of the group Vivid.
- In May 2012, she had a daughter who has lived with her father since Pielhaus' death in 2016.
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, 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.
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