Manuela Brandenstein

Age: 47

Summary: German screenwriter and actress best known for dubbing the voice of character Lieutenant Alyssa Ogawa of the TV series and film Star Trek: The Next Generation into German for broadcast in her native country, and who with her longtime partner Helmut Schweiker co-wrote the German TV programs Sport is Murder and Sitte, Die and also wrote the made-for-TV film Am Ende die Wharheit, which starred the beautiful actress Jennifer Nitsch who committed suicide in June of last year.

Cause of Death: Drowned after being struck by a tsunami

Born: 1957

Died: December 26, 2004

Location: Khao Lak, Thailand