Journalist Jos Heymans, who was a political reporter for more than twenty years RTL News and wrote columns in recent years, died on Thursday at the age of 72 after a short illness. His employer reports this on Friday.
Heymans leaves behind his wife Marga and daughter Anne. “With the death of Jos Heymans, parliamentary journalism has lost a man who has been able to interpret the Binnenhof like no other for decades,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte responded via Twitter. ‘Critical, committed and knowledgeable – that’s how I remember him.’
The reporter started in 1995 at RTL News and was ‘invaluable’ to the program in the decades that followed, says editor-in-chief Ilse Openneer. He retired as a TV face in 2016. ,,Jos was allowed to sand’, says Openneer. He never lost sight of his journalistic mission. His network in The Hague was in favour RTL News and invaluable to our audience. We lose a dear colleague and we are sad about the loss of a beautiful person.”
RTL Newscolleague Frits Wester calls Heymans his ‘buddy’. ‘Sad about the passing of my buddy and colleague. We have been through a lot together since 1995. Beautiful memories that last.’ Colleagues Erik Mouthaan and Fons Lambie praise the way in which Heymans was always willing to help new talent. ‘He always shared his experience: to show you around Brussels or what Irish coffee should be like. We will miss him,” Lambie tweeted.
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