After 20 years, the doctor breaks his silence
Quite strange: Although the death of Roy Black († 48) in October for the 20th time, the rumors about his mysterious death are still not silenced.
Now we have managed to talk to the man who knew the popular pop singer better than anyone else. The man who examined his lifeless body in the fisherman's hut and issued the death certificate. Fritz Schmidtler! The family doctor and confidant of Gerhard Höllerich, as Roy Black was called by his civil name, has now broken his silence and told what really happened on the night of death. "Walter called me. I should come right away. " " I remember that very well, "says the doctor. "You do not forget that! It was October 9, 1991, in the afternoon. Walter called me and asked to come to the Fischerhütte in Heldenstein immediately. He found his brother dead there ... "Gerhard lay on the bed, wearing only a T-shirt and boxer shorts. The dead body had already set in and I also discovered dead spots. "What had happened? Schmidtler did what had to be done in such a case: "I immediately convinced Walter that you can not just call a hearse. So the police had to come and record what's going on. And the forensics. It simply had to be ruled out that there was third-party debt. "The doctor knew the cabin where Roy Black died. He was friends with him and visited him there more often. Inside, everything looked as usual. There was nothing pointing to an intruder. That's why Dr. Schmidtler: "But then we also wondered if he might have killed himself." ...
Of course, the doctor knew that the singer was often unhappy and depressed. For one thing, that was probably due to his severe heart disease. "He had two surgeries and the valves were no longer tight. Nevertheless, he was always very careless about his medication. But we can exclude suicide. That would have determined the forensic medicine based on the stomach contents, "assures the doctor. There were fans who even talked about murder. There were also fans who could not accept the idol's early demise and even talked about murder. This also includes Dr. Schmidtler: "He had a relaxed attitude, was not executed, but seemed as if he would rest. So there really was no evidence of suicide or third party debt. The heart just failed. That was my diagnosis at the time, and my colleagues from forensic medicine confirmed that to me. "Hopefully, all doubts are now eliminated.
