Hannelore Kohl (March 7, 1933 – July 5, 2001) was the wife of former German Chancellor Dr. Helmut Kohl. She met him for the first time at a prom in Ludwigshafen, Germany, when she was 15 years old. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The German head of government has been known as the Chancellor (German: Kanzler) ever since the creation of the post. ... Dr. Helmut Kohl (full name Helmut Josef Michael Kohl) (born April 3, 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. ... Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ...

She was born to a Roman Catholic family in Berlin and was christened Eleonore Johanna Renner. Later, she chose the composition Hannelore to be used as her first name. In the years of her husband's chancellorship, she founded the Hannelore Kohl Stiftung and the Kuratorium ZNS. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

On July 5, 2001, Kohl was found dead aged 68 in her Ludwigshafen home. She had apparently committed suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills, after years of suffering from what was claimed was a very rare and painful photo allergy induced by an earlier penicillin treatment that had forced her to avoid practically all sunlight for years. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ... It has been suggested that Suicide and culture be merged into this article or section. ... Photoallergy is a form of allergic contact dermatitis in which the allergen must be activated by light to sensitize the allergic response and to cause a rash on subsequent exposure. ... Penicillin refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ...

However, journalist Andrew Gimson, writing in The Spectator (see [[1]]), cast doubt upon the official version of events, claiming that Kohl's suicide was due instead to depression. Similar questions were also raised in the German newsmagazine, Stern (magazine). The Spectator is a conservative British political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ... Clinical depression is state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individuals social functioning and/or activities of daily living. ... Stern (English Star) is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. ...

Kohl is known for her famous collection of German-style cooking recipes published as Kulinarische Reise durch Deutsche Länder (Culinary Journey through German Regions) which was published in 1996.