In 1970, a cancerous tumour was discovered on Skorzeny's spine. Two tumours were later removed while he was staying at a hospital in Hamburg, leaving him temporarily paralyzed. Skorzeny died of lung cancer on 5 July 1975 in Madrid. He was 67 years old.Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, volume 9 Schmidt - Theyer, K.G. Sauer, Munich 1998; At no point in his life did Skorzeny ever denounce Nazism.
