Jens Büchner

Jens "Malle-Jens" Büchner (30 October 1969 – 17 November 2018) was a German schlager singer.

Early life
Büchner grew up in the village of Eythra at Leipzig. The family moved to Bad Schmiedeberg and Büchner finished the tenth-grade there. He completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith. He was drafted for military service, finishing in 1990. Büchner worked for GDR state security from 1987 to 1990 as a member of the regimental guard. In the 1990s, he traveled to Florida and California. In Germany he worked at a gas station and in the catering industry. In 2004 he completed training as a financial economist. In addition to training, he worked as a freelancer for financial services firm Deutsche Proventus AG Bremen.

Career
In November 2010, Büchner emigrated with his then partner Jennifer Matthias and their son from Bad Schmiedeberg to Mallorca. Since 2011 he played part in the reality TV show Goodbye Deutschland. In Cala Millor, the couple opened the boutique "Store & More", which Matthias operated alone after the couple separated in 2013. Büchner subsequently followed various career paths. He worked briefly as a kitchen assistant in the Bistro "King of Mallorca" in Santa Ponça.

Death
Büchner died on 17 November 2018 at the age of 49 in a hospital in Majorca as a result of lung cancer.