Elke Sommer, ‘A Shot in the Dark,’ ‘The Prize’ star, dies at 85
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Actress Elke Sommer, who starred in the second “Pink Panther” film “A Shot in the Dark” and also excelled in “The Prize,” “The Art of Love” and “Deadlier Than the Male,” died on Wednesday, her stepson said. She was 85.Read more trending newsSommer died in her home, located in the Bel-Air niehgborhood of Los Angeles, Sebastian Walther told the German newspaper Bild, according to The Hollywood Reporter.“Elke passed away peacefully around 10 p.m. Now she can finally be with her beloved husband again (German hotelier Wolf Walther),” he said.Elke Sommer, the German-born actress who starred in several major 1960s films like “The Prize” with Paul Newman and the “Pink Pnther” sequel “A Shot in the Dark” with Peter Seller, has died. She was 85. She died just three months after her husband, Wolf Walther, died of cancer. https://t.co/sZiRRgFtbW Variety (@Variety) October 29, 2026 Sommer passed away three months after her husband died of cancer, Variety reported.Sommer was born in Berlin on No