ridiculed by their fellow players and by people in the stands. We should spare them these witch hunts." Personal life Assauer lived with the actress Simone Thomalla until January 2009. On 31 January 2012, Assauer confirmed media reports that he, still only 67, was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Aussauer spoke openly about his disease in a number of interviews afterwards, which started a public discussion about Alzheimer's, but withdrew from public during his last years. On 6 February 2019, his life partner Beata Schneider announced that he had died. Managerial statistics Honours Player Borussia Dortmund DFB-Pokal: 1964–65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1965–66 References External links Assauer Sportmanagement AG site 1944 births 2019 deaths People from Saarbrücken (district) Association football defenders Borussia Dortmund players Bundesliga managers Bundesliga players Deaths from Alzheimer's disease Deaths from dementia in Germany FC Schalke 04 managers Footballers from Saarland German football managers German footballers SV Werder Bremen managers SV Werder Bremen players West German footballers West German football managers German twins Twin sportspeople German sports agents FC Schalke 04 non-playing staff SV Werder Bremen non-playing staff German sports executives and administrators Association football executives