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After Riefenstahl celebrated her 101st birthday on 22 August 2003 at the extravagant hotel in Feldafing, nearby her home at Lake Starnberg in the Bavarian province of Germany, which was an extraordinary festivity. The guest list consisted of 200 people including Germany most prominent socialites such as glitzy magicians Siegfried and Roy. Furthermore, the following day after her birthday celebration, she became ill. According to her assistant Horst Kettner who was her domestic partner for 38 years; he stated that, “Ms. Riefenstahl is in great pain and she has become very weak and is taking painkillers.”  Her health had been deteriorating for nearly a month. Leni Riefenstahl died in her sleep on the late evening of 8th September, 2003 at her home in Pöcking, Germany. She had been suffering from cancer for a while before her death. She was buried in Munich's Waldfriedhof cemetery.