- Her songs "Zigeunerjunge" (gipsy boy), "Sehnsucht" (yearning), "Schwarze Balalaika" (black balalaika) and "Mein Freund, der Baum" (my friend, the tree) became cult classics after her death.
- Performed her songs in several other languages besides German, including French, English, Russian and Hebrew.
- Was buried at the Westfriedhof in Munich, Germany.
- As she and her mother died in a road accident under unexplained circumstances when their car collided with a truck, there have been conspiracy theories that the accident was a sabotage.
- First German singer to win a golden record for 200,000 sold copies posthumously (29 July 1978).
- Was close friends with singer Salvatore Adamo.
- Mother of Alexander Nefedov.
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