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Nico: The Reluctant German Muse

How Christa Päffgen became a global icon

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Katja Hoyer
Feb 22, 2026
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Nico in 1966. Img: Velvet Underground & Nico publicity photo, Public Domain.

I was in my car the other day, happily driving along and listening to whatever my music app chose to throw at me, when a ve…

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