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Updated on November 20, 2020, 7:40 pm
He was the “reigning master hairdresser of Berlin”, one of society’s favorites. Udo Walz is dead, his life was ready for a movie.
Udo Walz was not just one Hairdresser berlin, he was a celebrity. He belonged to the social floor. And Walz was a media professional, always in a good mood: “What do you want to know?” He asked reporters when they caught him on the cell phone. In addition, the typical salon noise was heard in the background: the hair dryer. Women from all over Germany traveled by bus to meet the teacher Kurfürstendamm to fix her hair.
On Friday came the news that saddens fans and friends not only in Berlin: Udo Walz died at the age of 76. The newspaper “Bild” had previously reported on the death of the hairdresser, citing the husband. “Udo fell asleep peacefully at 12 noon,” he said. Carsten Thamm-Walz Thus. Walz suffered a shock from diabetes two weeks ago and then was in a coma. According to the newspaper, at the end of September it became known that Walz was in a wheelchair.
Patricia Riekel, former head of “Bunten”, lamented her “best friend” on Friday. Walz was generous and generous, someone who took his time when people wanted a selfie. As a hairdresser, he was a “great craftsman,” said Riekel of the German press agency. It was authentic, it did not forget the little people and it took special care of the old women.
Walz had them all in front of the mirror: Romy Schneider, Marlene Dietrich, Claudia Schiffer, Maria Callas, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster. I was for the change of Angela Merkels Responsible for hairstyle. Today no cabaret artist makes fun of the Chancellor’s hair.
It used to be said that, unlike Munich, Berlin did not have a Bussi society. This has changed in the years after the government moved and in the era of the ruler. Mayor Klaus Wowereit changed. Walz was part of it: busy and always available to chat. Or by sayings that you can embroider on your pillow: “Life is not a dress rehearsal. You only experience everything once.”
Barbara Becker and the head of “Bunte”, Riekel, were the best witnesses when Walz married his friend Carsten Thamm, 26 years his junior, in 2008. So the hairdresser was conservative as a gay man: he thought that men They could not marry in the classical sense, but only become partners.
If someone wanted to film the life of the star hairdresser, the story would go like this: the son of a factory worker grows up in the Swabian town of Waiblingen. After an internship at the age of 14 and a three-year apprenticeship in Stuttgart, he went to St. Moritz in Switzerland. As the darling of society, he was already famous for his updos at the age of 18, according to his vita. In 1968 he opened his first salon in Berlin. Like many men, he was fleeing the Bundeswehr there.
Walz describes his career as perfect
In 1974 the businessman expanded and later worked for fashion designers such as Wolfgang Joop, Jil Sander and Jean Paul Gaultier.Walz appears in television series and soap operas, promotes a diet product, moderates a talk show and publishes books. He once owned eight salons, two of them in Mallorca. The newspapers called him “Berlin Phenomenon” and “Governor Master Hairdresser.”
The “Swabian Cleverle” (roll over roll) could tell many anecdotes. He wrote two autobiographies at the same time. Walz used to travel the world with photographer FC Gundlach for fashion photography. Many of the hairstyles from the old “Brigitte” titles bear her signature.
The model beauties of that time were a world for Walz: “Only the names! Promises like those of the thousand and one nights: Gloria, Bambi, Beschka, Gitta, Grit, Püppi, Candy, Micky or Dovima, without forgetting the names German originals, even more beautiful, in my opinion: Wilhelmina, Hildegard, Ingeborg. One woman more distinctive than the other. “
In 1970, a lady came to his Berlin salon and dyed her dark hair blonde, although Walz advised against it. “Only later did I learn who I had in front of me: Ulrike Meinhof. She was shown with dark hair in the Wanted posters.”
Two actresses particularly impressed Walz: Inge Meysel and Romy Schneider. He once surprised Meysel on his 70th birthday in Capri. He liked her creed: “Get out! Long live!” Romy Schneider often came to her store during the filming of her latest movie, mostly on Saturdays, Walz said. “She appreciated being quiet and knowing there would be no photographers outside the door.” A traditional quote from a tailor: “Blow-dry, Mr. Walz!”
Walz did not regret his career: “Everything is perfect. Everything should go back like this if I had a wish.” He didn’t like small talk: “Nobody talks to me. People know I’m not talking and I’m not interested in Mrs. Maier’s poodle or what he eats for lunch.” He instructed his employees not to ask customers where they come from or what they do for a living: “It’s not allowed.” If so, the clientele should start the conversation.
Walz didn’t like to complain. “I rest in myself,” he said once years ago. “I have a good life. I have a nice house, I have two dogs, I have a great partner.” In Berlin, it’s not just gossip reporters who will miss you. (br / dpa)
Udo Walz is probably the best known hairdresser in Germany. It is not surprising that the Federal Chancellor is also one of his clients. What it’s like to have her sitting across from you on the chair, that’s what the 73-year-old revealed recently at the “Gala.” You can find more information about this here. © ProSiebenSat.1
