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Cologne (dpa) - actor and pop singer Willi Herren ("Lindenstrasse") is dead. His management and the Cologne police confirmed this.

The 45-year-old was found dead in his apartment in the Cologne district of Mülheim, said a police spokeswoman.

There was an investigation into the circumstances of the death.

"Bild" had previously reported.

Herren had become known as the serial villain "Olli Klatt" in the ARD program "Lindenstrasse".

Later, the Cologne native appeared as the singer of Mallorca party hits.

He was also seen in a variety of reality formats - most recently, for example, he was one of the candidates for the Sat.1 show "Celebrities under palm trees".

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On Friday, Herren had presented a new project with which he wanted to earn money: a food truck where you could buy potato pancakes.

However, Herren's career was repeatedly accompanied by scandals.

Among other things, he went into drug withdrawal.

He was also convicted of driving without a license.

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