Earlier this year, G.G. Anderson his fans. He suffered facial paralysis and looks like he's "coming out of the ghost train," explains the pop singer. At the same time, he is optimistic that he will be able to defeat the disease. Rightly so, as it turns out.
G.G. Anderson can breathe easy. The pop singer has survived his facial paralysis. Shortly before Christmas last year, the 72-year-old suffered right-sided facial paralysis, and doctors blamed it on nerve inflammation. Nine months later, Anderson has now recovered, as he confirms to the "Bild" newspaper. "I'm so glad this nightmare is over," he says.
According to the singer, he was afraid that "the paralysis would never go away". Anderson makes it clear: "If she had stayed, I would have ended my Schlager career too. Then I would only have been ready for the ghost train."
Several therapies have led to success, Anderson reports. According to the "Bild" newspaper, he was treated with occupational therapy and acupuncture. Speech therapy also helped him to overcome his language problems.
"I look better than ever now, the illness was like a makeover," Anderson now explains with some relief. The fans who gave him the feeling "that they love me even with a disfigured face" would have helped him the most. Accordingly, it was "absolutely right" to "go on tour despite facial paralysis and not to hide".
The musician emphasizes that he is also grateful to his wife Monika. It was "not easy" for her to "get through this time with me", he is sure. "But Monika stood firmly by my side. And she would have stayed with me if the paralysis hadn't gone away. That's real love!"
Born in December 1949 in Hesse, Anderson, whose real name is Gerd Grabowski, began his music career in the 1960s. He appeared under various pseudonyms before changing his name to G.G. in 1980. Anderson named and landed a smaller hit with the song "Mama Lorraine" (1981).
While Anderson's success as a singer has remained manageable, he left a clear mark as a composer of over 1000 songs. For example, the songs "Schachmatt" and "Love me one last time" by Roland Kaiser were penned by him, as was Heino's "Yes, yes, Katja, she has".
