Overview
- He died of cancer and a stroke, his family told NRC, as Dutch media confirmed his passing at age 83.
- Kunststof will devote tonight's 19:00–20:00 broadcast to his life and career with friends, colleagues and archival clips.
- He first became widely known in the 1970s as Erik Engerd in the children's program De Stratemakeropzeeshow and later appeared in Het Klokhuis.
- With Jan Kok, he created the quiz Met het mes op tafel in 1997 and hosted the show until 2015.
- He was the signature voice of Kunststof from 2001 to 2019, guested in 2020 after losing his wife, and in 2024 disclosed a years-long battle with bladder cancer in his AD column.