Petra Kelly Obituary

Petra Kelly attended Hampton High School in Hampton, VA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Petra Kelly.

Graduation Year	Class of 1966
Date of Passing	Oct 01, 1992
About	Petra Kelly (29 November 1947 presumably 1 October 1992), Petra Kelly was one of the founders of Die GrÃƒÂ¼nen, the German Green Party in 1979. Between 1983 and 1990, she was a member of the Bundestag (German Parliament). In 1992, according to police, she was shot dead in Bonn while sleeping by her partner, ex-general and Green politician Gert Bastian (born 1923), who then killed himself. She was 44, he was 69.[3][4] Her body was discovered on 19 October, and it was determined she had died on 1 October.[5] Petra Kelly was buried in the Waldfriedhof in WÃƒÂ¼rzburg, near the village of Heidingsfeld in Lower Franconia, Bavaria.