His final farewell was in sight and yet death took Paul van Gorcum by surprise – he died on Thursday evening at the age of 91. The actor passed away peacefully early in the evening at the Villa Oranjepark nursing home in Oegstgeest. “After I thanked him for our friendship and for the many wonderful stories he had told me, he squeezed my hand very tightly.”
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Paul van Gorcum enjoyed fame, but had difficult last years: ‘At the end he had become kind of unreachable’
Bytaketonews
Nov 21, 2025