2016 was a tragic year for Han Peekel. The media personality was struggling with serious health problems and his wife Theya also became seriously ill. He himself escaped death, but Peekel had to say goodbye to his partner after 47 years of marriage. Peekel dealt with his grief by knocking on the door of his other great love: music. As a teenager he wrote listening songs and his knowledge of music
… played a major role in his career. We may know Peekel mainly from Wordt Vervolgd, his television and theater program about comics, but he sought out music for radio and TV for years. In 1977 he even received an Edison for his . Peekel breathes music. This is also evident from Jij Droeg Mijn Naam, his ode to Theya Peekel-Schilt. Without falling into self-pity and sentimentality, Peekel sings a series of songs that drip their love for Theya. Arie Kuipers' music always colors the lyrics in a different way. Han Peekel turns out to be much more than a successful program maker. A poet, a singer and above all a loving husband. (JE)more
