“It was a tough two weeks with a lot of tension and a lot of questions. Fortunately, Mariska is doing very well. We are grateful that the treatments are working well and that a lot of progress has already been made,” writes Frans Bauer on Instagram. He also places a photo of the sea of flowers in his living room. “Thank you all for the flowers, the cards, the fruit baskets and all the sweet messages.”
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At the beginning of January, Mariska was hospitalized after she suffered a stroke. “Unfortunately, the year has not started well for us as a family. Mariska was hit by a cerebral infarction this week and we are very shocked,” Frans wrote on Instagram at the time with a photo of him and his wife.
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Frans and Mariska married in 2008 and had four sons together, Christiaan, Frans Jr., Jan and Lucas. Together, the couple made several programs, including ‘De Bauers: Destination Unknown’, which can be seen with us on Play5.
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