Gillian van Houten, Newsreader, Dies at 72
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Gillian van Houten, a renowned newsreader who traded the studio for a life in the bush, has passed away at the age of 72. Born in Cape Town, she lived with frontotemporal dementia in her later years and is survived by her life partner, John Varty, and their three children.
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