fischer has been married five times: his first four marriages, to edeltraud fischer (1967-1984), inge vogel (1984-1987), claudia bohm (1987-1999), and nicola leske (1999-2003), all ended in divorce. in october 2005 he married (in rome) minu barati, who was his common-law wife for 2 years. with inge, his second wife, he has two children: david and lara. in april 2005 fischer became a grandfather for the first time.