1. Heino is known for his baritone voice and trademark combination of light blond hair and dark sunglasses.
11 Facts About Heino
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Heino was born on 13 December 1938 in Dusseldorf-Oberbilk, Germany, to Heinrich and Franziska Kramm.
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Heino's father was a Roman Catholic dentist, his mother a Protestant.
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Heino's grandfather was the organist at the Cathedral of Cologne.
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Heino's father was drafted into the German army during World War II, and was killed on 2 August 1941 during the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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Until 1945, Heino lived with his mother and his older sister Hannelore in Pomerania.
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Heino achieved fame in the mid-1960s and has charted numerous times since then in the German music charts.
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Heino appeared regularly in German television shows such as ZDF-Hitparade, Musikantenstadl and ZDF-Fernsehgarten.
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Heino married his second wife, Lilo Kramm, in 1965; their marriage ended in divorce in 1978.
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Heino met his third wife, Hannelore Auersperg, in 1972 at the Miss Austria contest in Kitzbuhel.
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In 2004, Hannelore suffered a heart attack, which was one reason Heino curtailed his career.