The high-profile television maker had been seriously ill for a long time. He suffered from an aggressive form of Parkinson’s disease. “You can compare this form of Parkinson’s with ALS. All bodily functions stop at some point,” his wife Gesina said earlier this year. “In addition, Willibord has had to deal with quite a few heart problems. He is therefore quite fragile.”
On Monday, Barrie Stevens and Peter Faber, who flew over the world with Frequin for two seasons for the RTL program Better late than neverin The Telegraph goodbye to their friend.