# Actor Elke Sommer dies aged 85 after heart failure

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/elke-sommer-dies-a-shot-in-the-dark-the-wrecking-crew-actor-was-85/
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:02:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T17:20:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/elke-sommer-dead-1237208109/

## Key points

- Elke Sommer has died aged 85.
- The actor starred in several notable 1960s films.
- Her husband died three months before her.

## Summary

No new developments are included in the added coverage: the report says actor Elke Sommer died aged 85 on 28 October, with the cause given as heart failure. Her death was announced by her stepson, and comes three months after her husband, Wolf Walther, died.

Sommer rose to prominence in the 1960s, appearing in *The Prize*, *A Shot in the Dark* and *The Wrecking Crew*. She later worked in European films and television, including *The Muppet Show*, and won $3.3 million in a defamation case involving Zsa Zsa Gabor.

## Coverage

- [Deadline: Actor Elke Sommer dies aged 85 after heart failure](https://deadline.com/2026/10/elke-sommer-dead-1237208109/)
- [The Guardian: Elke Sommer, prolific German star of A Shot in the Dark and And Then There Were None, dies aged 85](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/29/elke-sommer-prolific-german-star-of-a-shot-in-the-dark-and-and-then-there-were-none-dies)

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