Torben Ulrich — the Danish tennis pro, writer, musician and filmmaker, as well as father to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich — has died. He was 95.
His son shared the news of his death on Instagram last night (December 20), writing, "95 years of adventures, unique experiences, curiosity, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, tennis, music, art, writing….and quite a bit of Danish contrarian attitude. Thank you endlessly! I love you dad."
The elder Ulrich had developed a reputation with Metallica fans for being among the band's harshest critics, particularly for a scene in the 2004 Some Kind of Monster documentary where Lars asks his opinion on a new song during the writing sessions for what would become 2003's St. Anger. "I would say, delete that," he told his son in no uncertain terms, and the drummer has since admitted that he regrets green-lighting the film.
Torben released his own album, Oakland Moments: Cello, Voice, Reuniting (Rejoicing), in 2021 at age 92. Lars has spoken about the influence of his father's love of jazz growing up and how, although tennis was his main source of income, he was always writing about jazz in Copenhagen publications.
His son shared the news of his death on Instagram last night (December 20), writing, "95 years of adventures, unique experiences, curiosity, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, tennis, music, art, writing….and quite a bit of Danish contrarian attitude. Thank you endlessly! I love you dad."
The elder Ulrich had developed a reputation with Metallica fans for being among the band's harshest critics, particularly for a scene in the 2004 Some Kind of Monster documentary where Lars asks his opinion on a new song during the writing sessions for what would become 2003's St. Anger. "I would say, delete that," he told his son in no uncertain terms, and the drummer has since admitted that he regrets green-lighting the film.
Torben released his own album, Oakland Moments: Cello, Voice, Reuniting (Rejoicing), in 2021 at age 92. Lars has spoken about the influence of his father's love of jazz growing up and how, although tennis was his main source of income, he was always writing about jazz in Copenhagen publications.
