“Mr. Alzheimer rang our doorbell and had no intention of ever leaving,” his memoirs read. “How I wish I was the one affected by this disease. But fate had decided otherwise. My dearest wife Margot was the victim.’
Because Margot unfortunately deteriorates quickly, she now lives in a home specialized in dementia care. According to Mr. Visser, who previously also lost his mother to the disease, that farewell was heartbreaking. ‘I also stayed with her for a few nights, together in the new bed. The dog was allowed to come along. But then came the farewell. After more than forty years of marriage. She didn’t get it. “The bed is big enough for the two of us!”
Although the 71-year-old has a lot on his mind, the recordings of his SBS6 program are going on mr. Frank Visser makes a statement just keep going. Those days feel ‘like an escape’ to the programmer. Life has often, but not always, been a party. I would be cheating if I suggested anything else in my book about the ending,” he writes in the book.
In conversation with magazine Private informs Master Visser that his wife’s illness, and the grief that comes with it, is still a sensitive subject for him to talk about. He also emphasizes that the biography is not a harbinger of a possible departure from television. “I didn’t want to write a farewell book,” he says. ‘I passed seventy and then it is logical that you look back on your life. But I will continue to make the broadcasts with great pleasure. I enjoy it!’
