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Monika Dannemann

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Figure Skater

The Resume

    (June 24, 1945-April 5, 1996)
    Born in Dusseldorf, Germany
    Ice skater and painter
    Represented Dusseldorfer EG at the German Figure Skating Championships (1965)
    Dated Jimi Hendrix
    Married Uli Jon Roth of the Scorpions
    Committed suicide by carbon monoxide inhalation

Why he might be annoying:

    She is better known for being the last person to see Jimi Hendrix alive than for her skating. Or her painting.
    She seemed to change her account of Jimi’s death every time she talked about it.
    She called three people for advice before calling for an ambulance.
    She claimed to have ridden in the ambulance with a still-breathing Hendrix, but the ambulance attendants said that Hendrix was dead when they arrived and no one rode with him to the hospital.
    She said she had a letter from Jimi proving her claim that they were engaged at the time of his death, but refused to show it to anyone, saying it was ‘too personal.’
    She lost a libel suit after calling fellow Hendrix girlfriend Kathy Etchingham someone who would ‘cheat or lie for money.’
    ’The Independent’ described her appearance shortly before her death as ‘a grotesque superannuated hippie chick.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    She had to put up with people blaming her for Hendrix’s death – and not just in a ‘Why didn’t you call an ambulance sooner?’ way, but also conspiracy theorists claiming she poisoned him at the behest of Jimi’s corrupt manager. Or British intelligence. Or…
    A poem she wrote about Hendrix, ‘We’ll Burn the Sky,’ was set to music by Rudolf Schenker and recorded by the Scorpions.
    She painted the covers for the three albums by Roth’s post-Scorpions band Electric Sun.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 163 Votes: 43.56% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 136 Votes: 46.32% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 106 Votes: 52.83% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying