{"id":326383,"date":"2026-07-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=326383"},"modified":"2026-07-26T09:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:20:35","slug":"roerende-afskeidboodskap-gilly-jou-pyn-is-verby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/roerende-afskeidboodskap-gilly-jou-pyn-is-verby\/","title":{"rendered":"Roerende afskeidboodskap: &#8216;Gilly, jou pyn is verby&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gillian van Houten, een van Suid-Afrika se bekendste nuusaanbieders en voormalige SABC-nuusleser gedurende die 1980&#8217;s en 1990&#8217;s, is in die ouderdom van 72 oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former SABC anchor Gillian van Houten dies at 72\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hfD5MwzNxzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haar lewensmaat, die natuurlewe-filmmaker John Varty, het haar afsterwe Vrydag 24 Julie in \u2019n emosionele Facebook-huldeblyk aangekondig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van Houten en Varty se liefdesverhaal is lank beskou as \u2019n buitengewone en onkonvensionele romanse, gebou op \u2019n gedeelde passie vir die natuur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tributes pour in for Gillian van Houten, the iconic SABC news anchor and passionate conservationist, who passed away at 72, leaving a legacy of love for Africa&#39;s wildlife and a profound impact on those she touched:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MseUrEA3p0\">https:\/\/t.co\/MseUrEA3p0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cape {town} Etc (@CapeTownEtc) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CapeTownEtc\/status\/2081070710038892884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vroe\u00ebr vanjaar, in April, het Varty ter viering van Van Houten se 72ste verjaardag hul liefdesverhaal gedeel deur die brief te herroep wat hy jare gelede aan die SABC geskryf het. In die handgeskrewe brief het hy haar genooi om by sy luiperdprojek by die Londolozi-wildreservaat aan te sluit en gevra of sy eerder &#8220;die nuus wil maak as om dit te lees&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"M-Net &quot;Premi\u00e8re&quot; promo - February 1993 - South Africa\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WbN44Y-D4Nk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Elke man, ek inkluis, was verlief op jou op televisie; \u2019n fotograaf se droom, \u2019n modekoningin. Oor die hele land het jy bekendheid verwerf \u2013 Gillian van Houten is jou naam. Ek het \u2019n brief aan die SABC geskryf: Kom saam met my op safari, los jou luukse lewe agter, en jy sal die natuur en al haar skoonheid ontdek. Gillian, kom saam met my.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In wat as \u2019n gewaagde sprong in die geloof beskryf word, het Van Houten haar ho\u00ebprofiel-loopbaan prysgegee om saam met Varty haar aan die bewaring van grootkatte toe te wy. Saam het hulle ikoniese leeus en luiperds grootgemaak en gerehabiliteer en bekendheid verwerf vir hul natuurlewe-films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Varty&amp;apos;s Song for Shingalana the little hunter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mF3b74mbFTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Van Houten en Varty het \u2019n lewenslange hegte band gedeel en saam drie kinders grootgemaak \u2013 Savannah, Sha en Tao \u2013 wat Varty dikwels sy grootste geskenke noem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-stryd-teen-demensie\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stryd teen demensie<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In sy huldeblyk vir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/14otgDdfvMC\/\">Van Houten se 72ste verjaardag <\/a>het Varty vertel hoe hy die dag helder onthou toe hy tydens \u2019n wildrit by Londolozi \u2019n boodskap ontvang het dat sy met frontotemporale demensie gediagnoseer is \u2013 \u2019n toestand wat haar spraak en geheue aangetas het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die gesin het daarna saam besluit om die tyd wat hulle oor gehad het ten beste te benut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ons het besluit ons het nog drie goeie jare saam. En vir drie jaar het ons werklik \u2019n goeie lewensgehalte gehad,&#8221; het hy ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When a man loves a woman.. \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<br><br>Rest in Peace GILLIAN \ud83d\udc94<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BXljLT9tPn\">https:\/\/t.co\/BXljLT9tPn<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YouTube<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Richard Muller (@Dick_Muller) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dick_Muller\/status\/2080966992324895112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In die vierde jaar n\u00e1 haar diagnose het haar toestand egter versleg en het sy 24 uur per dag gespesialiseerde versorging nodig gehad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Ongelukkig het die strandstappies tot \u2019n einde gekom; geen wildritte meer nie,&#8221; het Varty ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toe het die dag aangebreek waarvoor hy die meeste gevrees het \u2013 die dag toe sy hom nie meer by sy naam kon onthou nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Varty says \u201cyour pain is gone\u201d as he recalls the woman who stood by him through a helicopter crash, tiger attack and heart attack.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HxgbRe28IK\">https:\/\/t.co\/HxgbRe28IK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JTsT9ll7Ws\">pic.twitter.com\/JTsT9ll7Ws<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Times LIVE (@TimesLIVE) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TimesLIVE\/status\/2081051055287115888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Met die aankondiging van haar afsterwe het hy geskryf:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Gilly, jou pyn is verby. Alles kom tot \u2019n einde. Ek is innig lief vir jou. \u2013 JV.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gillian van Houten, een van Suid-Afrika se bekendste nuusaanbieders en voormalige SABC-nuusleser gedurende die 1980&#8217;s en 1990&#8217;s, is in die ouderdom van 72 oorlede. Haar lewensmaat, die natuurlewe-filmmaker John Varty, het haar afsterwe Vrydag 24 Julie in \u2019n emosionele Facebook-huldeblyk aangekondig. 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