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How Did Erich Honecker Die?
Life & Death
Died aged 81GenderMaleNationalityTerritory of the Saar BasinBorn25/08/1912Born inNeunkirchen, GermanyDied29/05/1994 (aged 81)Died inLa ReinaCauseliver cancerWikidataQ2607 ↗Buried atSantiago General Cemetery, SantiagoTMDb#1081000 ↗
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of the National Defence Council; in 1976, he replaced Willi Stoph as Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state. As the leader of East Germany, Honecker was viewed as a dictator.
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| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | KommunistMovie | (Archivaufnahmen) | 114 |
| 2025 | Stasi FCMovie | Self (Archive Footage) | 113 |
| 2021 | Stasi: A State Against Its PeopleMovie | Self (archive footage) | 109 |
| 2021 | Der Maler Willi Sitte - Ein Leben zwischen Kunst und PolitikMovie | Self - Staatsratsvorsitzender der DDR | 109 |
| 2021 | The Cars We Drove into CapitalismMovie | Self (archive footage) | 109 |
| 2020 | Das Ende der NVA - Wie die Bundeswehr die DDR Volksarmee übernahmMovie | Archive Footage | 108 |
| 2019 | Honeckers letzte ReiseMovie | Self | 107 |
| 2018 | Karl Marx und seine ErbenMovie | Self (archive footage) | 106 |
| 2016 | Fatal NewsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 104 |
| 2012 | This Ain't CaliforniaMovie | Self - Politician (archive footage) | 100 |
| 2003 | Days That Shook the WorldSeries | Self (archive footage) | 91 |
| 2000 | Terra X HistorySeries | Self (Archive) | 88 |
| 1999 | Die SekretäreMovie | Self (archive footage) | 87 |
| 1992 | Everything's a LieMovie | Self (archive footage) | 80 |
| 1990 | Streng vertraulich oder Die innere VerfassungMovie | Self (archive footage) | 78 |
| 1986 | Return to DresdenMovie | Self - Addresses Peace Activists | 74 |
| 1981 | Martin LutherMovie | Self | 69 |
| 1981 | Äthiopien voranMovie | Self | 69 |
| 1976 | 102 Berlin - Palast der RepublikMovie | Self | 64 |
| 1975 | Waiting for FidelMovie | Self | 63 |
| 1970 | Manöver WaffenbrüderschaftMovie | Self (uncredited) | 58 |
| 1952 | TagesschauSeries | Self | 40 |