(April 30, 1974 - November 26, 1985) (divorced) (1 child)
In 1974, Black announced his engagement to model Silke Vagts (1945–2002), and the couple got married in Munich the same year. In 1976 their son Torsten was born. They divorced in 1985.
Vagts describes her husband as a one hand phased very empathetic, loving people, on the other hand, as a paranoid, avaricious egotist, the ridiculous other did his wife, cheating on her, could not establish a relationship with his son Torsten and in the everyday lives of his family and his friends the same worship as expected by his audience. His life to Roy Black problems have had to deal with the balancing act between his role, the product "Roy Black", and his private self, Gerhard Höllerich. Especially with the loss of recognition by the public in the 70 years he was probably hard to cope, this experience made ​​him depressed, says Silke Höllerich.
Roy Black was a "crooner" widely criticized , his hit was banned in the Austrian Broadcasting because of the crooner decree against him. He was able to identify with this role before. Movie producer Karl Spiehs reported of him:" He likes to crack jokes about themselves, especially when he felt unhappy. His favorite joke:' How do you get the brain of a crooner to pea size? - Easy to inflate'"!
Similarly, his multiple co-star Uschi Glas said: "I tried it again and again to convince them that he also liked the Roy properly and should accept. But that was easier said than done."