In 1966 she committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. In 1967 her father committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. Later that year her mother committed suicide by poisoning herself.
Her father, a German soldier during World War II, fought on the Russian front, was captured and spent four years in a Russian POW camp.
Daughter of Paul Ewert (b. 1903, d. November 1967) and Helena/Helene Ewert née von Wilkocewska (b. 1911, d. March 1969). Sister-in-law of Renate Ewert née Konkel (b. 1939, d. 1969).