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From: Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU
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Subject: Re: Vickie's playlist (Nena)
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Date: 10 Jul 90 00:21:31 GMT
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Really-From: mcb@presto.ig.com (Michael C. Berch)

>                         Suspended In Gaffa 119
>                          Playlist for 6-23-90
> 
>     * Artist *                             * Song *
> [...]
> 13. Nena                                   99 Luftballoons
> [...]
> 15. Nena                                   99 Red Balloons

Not really L-H/Gaffa mainstream stuff, but since it *was* in a Vickie's
Playlist...

Whatever *did* become of Nena, anyway?  She & the band were the prototypical
one-hit wonder of 1984 (?) or so, at least in the U.S., and were never
heard from again.  Rumours of Nena (Koerner's) death have made the
rounds ever since, and I have heard & seen posted various causes
including (1) drowning, (2) sailboat accident, (3) auto accident, and
(4) AIDS.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

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Michael C. Berch  
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