Dietrich spent that last 11 years of her life bedridden, allowing very few family members and employees to visit her apartment. However, she was in constant contact with life outside her apartment, writing many letters and having several phone conversations in a day. In the meantime, she published the autobiography Nehmt nur mein Leben (Take Just My Life) in 1979, and participated in a series of audio interviews for the documentary film called Marlene (1984). Dietrich died of renal failure in Paris on May 6, 1992, at age 90. She was buried next to her mother in Berlin. The two rest at the Artist’s Cemetery in Berlin, close to Dietrich’s birthplace.
