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Sy lyk is n\u00e1 \u2019n soektog gevind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadat die dood van Giliomee bekend geword het, het medelye van oraloor op die sosiale media ingestroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDie dood van Chris is iets onbeskryfliks, ek kan dit nie in woorde verwerk nie,\u201d s\u00ea Willie Engelbrecht, gebiedsleier van die Voortrekkers in die Vrystaat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn die afgelope vier jaar dat hy die plaas bestuur het, het hy homself onmisbaar gemaak.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giliomee word beskryf as \u2019n liefdevolle, ondersteunende en knap gesinsman met \u2019n passie en liefde vir die geskiedenis, kultuur en kinders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy word deur sy vrou, Jackie, ma, Mariana Giliomee (79), en familie oorleef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teen druktyd was geen begrafnisre\u00eblings nog bekend nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die koorlede is ongedeerd en veilig tuis, en die Doornkloof-terrein is intussen ontruim. 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