{"id":149107,"date":"2026-05-16T20:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/presentator-bas-westerweel-op-62-jarige-leeftijd-overleden\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:16:38","slug":"presentator-bas-westerweel-op-62-jarige-leeftijd-overleden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/presentator-bas-westerweel-op-62-jarige-leeftijd-overleden\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentator Bas Westerweel op 62-jarige leeftijd overleden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<div data-tracking=\"nestType1=top\" class=\"Item-style__Top-sc-d8cd7d30-4 ZXaYN\">\n<p><span>NOS Nieuws<\/span><span class=\"MetaData-module-scss-module__AW3SQa__dot\">\u2022<\/span><time datetime=\"2026-05-16T13:04:00+0200\">vandaag, 13:04<\/time><span class=\"MetaData-module-scss-module__AW3SQa__dot\">\u2022<\/span><span>Aangepast <time datetime=\"2026-05-16T13:28:28+0200\">vandaag, 13:28<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-style__StyledParagraph-sc-440dfe4e-0 jpDokd\" id=\"706182861600981\">Oud-presentator Bas Westerweel is op 62-jarige leeftijd overleden. Hij overleed in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag in zijn slaap in zijn woning in Enschede, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtl.nl\/boulevard\/artikel\/5602158\/presentator-bas-westerweel-onverwacht-overleden-op-62-jarige-leeftijd\" data-tracking=\"elementType=external-link|elementId=https:\/\/www.rtl.nl\/boulevard\/artikel\/5602158\/presentator-bas-westerweel-onverwacht-overleden-op-62-jarige-leeftijd|eventType=navigation|eventName=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"external-link-last-word\">meldt<\/span><span style=\"border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap\">(opent in nieuw venster)<\/span><\/a> zijn familie aan <em>RTL Boulevard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-style__StyledParagraph-sc-440dfe4e-0 jpDokd\" id=\"530276882260497\">Westerweel presenteerde verschillende programma&#8217;s op radio en televisie. Zijn carri\u00e8re begon eind jaren 80, toen hij onder meer het programma <em>Toppop <\/em>presenteerde. Ook was hij te horen op Hilversum 3 en Radio 3, de voorlopers van het huidige NPO 3FM. Daar presenteerde hij het programma <em>Arbeidsvitaminen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-style__StyledParagraph-sc-440dfe4e-0 jpDokd\" id=\"517626490231900\">In de jaren 90 werd hij vooral bekend als presentator van kinderprogramma&#8217;s als <em>Het Klokhuis <\/em>en het <em>Schooltv-weekjournaal<\/em>. 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Met haar was hij tussen 1998 en 2010 getrouwd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-style__StyledParagraph-sc-440dfe4e-0 jpDokd\" id=\"327026101216478\">Zijn familie zegt tegen <em>RTL Boulevard<\/em> dat het overlijden van Westerweel onverwachts kwam, ondanks zijn eerdere hartproblemen. In 2017 stortte hij plotseling in elkaar tijdens een voetbaltraining. Hij werd gered door drie clubgenoten en een AED, die op de club aanwezig was.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-style__StyledParagraph-sc-440dfe4e-0 jpDokd\" id=\"218999246521920\">Na zijn hartstilstand werd Westerweel ambassadeur van de Hartstichting, en richtte hij een stichting op waarmee hij reanimatietrainingen gaf bij bedrijven. &#8220;Ik had clubgenoten die wisten wat ze moesten doen&#8221;, zei hij <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartstichting.nl\/verhalen\/bas-westerweel\" data-tracking=\"elementType=external-link|elementId=https:\/\/www.hartstichting.nl\/verhalen\/bas-westerweel|eventType=navigation|eventName=open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in een <span class=\"external-link-last-word\">interview<\/span><span style=\"border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap\">(opent in nieuw venster)<\/span><\/a> met de Hartstichting. &#8220;Niet iedereen heeft dat geluk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Item-style__ItemContainer-sc-d8cd7d30-1 cuZqNq\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph-style__StyledParagraph-sc-440dfe4e-0 jpDokd\" id=\"488529692738352\">Westerweel zou vandaag 63 jaar zijn geworden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOS Nieuws\u2022vandaag, 13:04\u2022Aangepast vandaag, 13:28 Oud-presentator Bas Westerweel is op 62-jarige leeftijd overleden. Hij overleed in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag in zijn slaap in zijn woning in Enschede, meldt(opent in nieuw venster) zijn familie aan RTL Boulevard. Westerweel presenteerde verschillende programma&#8217;s op radio en televisie. Zijn carri\u00e8re begon eind jaren 80, toen hij &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":149108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irakezen.nl\/du\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}