Tatjana Patitz Cause of Death

Tatjana Patitz, a famous supermodel who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and 1990s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” music video, died on 11 January 2023, at the age of 56.

Tatjana Patitz’s death in the Santa Barbara, California, area was confirmed by her Model CoOp agency’s New York agent, Corinne Nicolas. Nicolas stated that the cause was illness but provided no further information.

Tatjana Patitz, who was born in Germany, raised in Sweden, and later settled in California, was known as one of the “original” supermodels, appearing in Michael’s video alongside Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, and Cindy Crawford.

She collaborated with some of the industry’s most prolific photographers, such as Peter Lindbergh, whose January 1990 British Vogue cover shoot of Patitz, Evangelista, Turlington, Crawford, and Naomi Campbell served as the “birth certificate” of the supermodel era.

“We are deeply saddened by the death of Tatjana Patitz, a long-time friend of Peter,” the Peter Lindbergh Foundation said in a tweet on Wednesday.

“We would like to recognise Tatjana’s kindness, inner beauty, and exceptional intelligence. Our hearts go out to her family, especially [her son] Jonah. She will be sadly missed.”