Struwwelpeter dies after short illness
He will be missed by his Kempton Express family and loyal readers
STRUWWELPETER, who was loved by so many Kempton Express readers, died on Sunday evening.
All these years Kempton Express tried to keep his identity a secret to the general public. Today we can announce his real name was Piet Uys, a long-time Kemptonian himself.
Piet and his wife Linda moved to the Cape after his retirement some years ago. Although hundreds of kilometres away, he kept on writing his weekly column for the newspaper, something he was very proud of.
Since the absence of his column the past few weeks, many readers have called or emailed to ask what had happened to him.
He was very ill following a fall at his home, which eventually lead to the amputation of his right leg.
Struwwelpeter joined the Kempton Express family many years ago when the newspaper ventured into the sold newspaper world.
When we decided to become a free paper again, Struwwelpeter was so popular we did not think twice about keeping our “mystery man”.
On behalf of all the Kempton Express staff, and all his loyal followers in Kempton Park, we offer our sympathy and well wishes to his family during this trying time.
“At last Piet’s long battle with medical technology is behind him and he can experience the true meaning of shalom,” his wife wrote in an email to Express on Sunday evening.
