Re: Vickie's playlist (Nena)

[portuesi%tweezers.esd@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi)]

>>>>> On 10 Jul 90 00:21:31 GMT, Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU said:

> Really-From: mcb@presto.ig.com (Michael C. Berch)

>>                         Suspended In Gaffa 119
>>                          Playlist for 6-23-90
>> 
>>     * Artist *                             * Song *
>> [...]
>> 13. Nena                                   99 Luftballoons
>> [...]
>> 15. Nena                                   99 Red Balloons

> Not really L-H/Gaffa mainstream stuff, but since it *was* in a Vickie's
> Playlist...

> Whatever *did* become of Nena, anyway?  She & the band were the prototypical
> one-hit wonder of 1984 (?) or so, at least in the U.S., and were never
> heard from again.  Rumours of Nena (Koerner's) death have made the
> rounds ever since, and I have heard & seen posted various causes
> including (1) drowning, (2) sailboat accident, (3) auto accident, and
> (4) AIDS.

> Can anyone shed any light on this?

Last fall, Nena was interviewed live (via telephone) on MTV, so unless
something happened to her in the past year or so, she's still alive.

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