Harry van Gelder RIP
As you may have seen on the Media Newsdesk page on our main Web site, Harry passed away on Tuesday. We had been warned by his son Chris, who's a colleague at Radio Netherlands, that he was very weak and it would only be a matter of days. But Harry's friends around the world - and he had many - will be comforted to know that even in his final days he was alert and at peace, having come to terms with what was going to happen. We don't have any details yet of funeral arrangements, but will pass these along if his family wish them to be made public.
One of my great regrets is that I never met Harry in person. We had planned something two years ago for the 40th anniversary of the Radio Netherlands building. I was going to talk to Harry about his memories of the early days at Witte Kruislaan 55. Sadly, the events of 9/11 intervened and we never did get to make that interview.
If you remember Harry, and especially if you had personal contact with him, do feel free to send your memories to media@rnw.nl and we'll see they get passed on to his family. We'll also include some on our Web site.
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