Editing Axel Springer (section)

== Death ==
Springer died in [[West Berlin]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.axelspringer.de/en/artikel/Brief-Biography-of-Axel-Springer-1912-1985_85853.html |title=Brief Biography of Axel Springer on www.axelspringer.com |access-date=6 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152831/http://www.axelspringer.de/en/artikel/Brief-Biography-of-Axel-Springer-1912-1985_85853.html |archive-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His heiress is his fifth (and last) wife [[Friede Springer]] (born 1942) who, 30 years Springer's junior, had been his son's nanny.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Karacs|first1=Imre|last2=Koenig|first2=Peter|title=It's like watching two run-down old elephants perform a dance|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/its-like-watching-two-rundown-old-elephants-perform-a-dance-1156324.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=31 May 1998|access-date=2 July 2014|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925052905/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/its-like-watching-two-rundown-old-elephants-perform-a-dance-1156324.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1971, Springer published a collection of his speeches and essays: ''Von Berlin aus gesehen. Zeugnisse eines engagierten Deutschen'' (Seewald Verlag, Hamburg).