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Willem Duys | |
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| Born | (1928-08-17)17 August 1928 |
| Died | 2 June 2011(2011-06-02) (aged 82) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter,broadcaster,music producer |
| Employer | AVRO |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Pauline Keylock |
| Children | Malcolm Ernest (born 1965) Saskia Pauline (born 1970) |
Willem Duys (17 August 1928 – 2 June 2011) was aDutchradio andtelevision presenter, commentator,tennis player andmusic producer.
Duys was born inBussum. He first started a career as a tennis player. Having made the final NK Older Youth (Van Lennep Cup) in 1946, he won the Spieghel Hilversum and Heide B tournament, took the semi-finals Plaswijck Kralingen and won the B tournament inRotterdam. He also reached the final three men's doublesFlehite A withPeter Scholtz and was 1956 men's singles championUnilever (following Jan de Soet).
After retiring from tennis in mid 1956 Duys began writing for various music magazines and was invited to act as an announcer onAVRO in 1956. He became a television presenter in 1959. From 1963 until 1979 he presented the TV program "Voor de Vuist Weg", generally considered to be the firsttalk show on Dutch television. In 1974 he received theGouden Televizierring for this program. He regularly presented theGrand Gala du Disque and was a commentator for large tennis matches. For eight years (1962, 1963, 1974–1976, 1978, 1979 and 1983) he commented theEurovision Song Contest for Dutch television viewers. Duys also presented the Sunday morning radio show "Muziek Mozaïek" for four decades. A TV version of that show ran for six seasons. In 1999, after acerebral infarction, he retired. He worked for theAVRO for more than forty years.
Willem Duys lived alternately inSaint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes andNaarden and thereafter in Hilversum. He died inHilversum on 2 June 2011 from alung infection.
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