and Harald Juhnke in 1962 |
In 2000, Jürgens celebrated his 66th birthday, proving that the title of his 1977 song "Mit 66 Jahren" ("Mit 66 Jahren, da fängt das Leben an" -- "At 66, that's when life begins") also holds true for his own person. Jürgens still goes on tour and regularly appears on television, both in shows and made-for-TV films. For many years now, the tabloid press have cast him as a womanizer, and several women have claimed that he is the father of their children. In September 2003 Bild revealed that Jürgens had secretly married his long-term companion Corinna in New York on July 4, 1999.
Jürgens's brother Manfred Bockelmann (born 1943) is a painter; his daughter by his first marriage, Jenny Jürgens (born 1967), is an actress.