By Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle is a writer-reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. Tommy joined PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Published on March 6, 2024 11:14AM ESTChristian Oliver and Jessica Klepser on Nov. 12, 2015. Photo:

Oliver, a German actor best known for roles in movies like films The Baby-Sitters Club, The Good German, Speed Racer and Valkyrie, and the former couple’s two daughters were among four people 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed in a plane crash in the Caribbean on Jan. 4. Oliver, died at 51; their daughters Madita and Annik were 12 and 10, respectively. Pilot Robert Sachs, who owned the plane that crashed, was also 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ed in the incident, which occurred shortly after the aircraft took off, as local authorities in the Caribbean said at the time.

Christian Oliver’s Ex-Wife Says ‘They’re All Watching Me’ After Death of Actor and Their 2 DaughtersChristian Oliver, his wife Jessica Klepser and their two daughters on March 22, 2015.

Christian Oliver (right) and his family.

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