Former Dutch correspondent in Russia Peter Damcourt has died at the age of 77 | Showbiz

Damcourt was best known to the general public as a correspondent in Moscow. Between 1989 and 2008, he lived in the Russian capital and, among other things, covered the fall of the Soviet Union for Russia. ‘NOS Journal’ and ‘Algemeen Dagblad’. He has submitted more than three thousand reports to the NOS Journaal over nearly twenty years. He has also made contributions to VRT, EenVandaag and Nova.

The journalist started his career in the late 1960s at the “Nieuwe Vlaardingsche Courant” and then worked as a tabloid journalist at the “Haagsche Courant”. D’Hamecourt then moved to AD, where he worked, among other things, as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and South America.

In June 2008, Damkor announced that he would take early retirement. He has since written a number of books, including on Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Putin and Napoleon’s battles in Russia. He lived in Russia long after his retirement.

Damcourt suffered a cerebral infarction in 2018, which left him partially paralyzed. About this radical event and the struggle to function properly again, he wrote the book A Life Turned Upside Down with a good friend, which was published in 2021.

In an interview with “AD” D’Hamecourt spoke frankly about cerebral infarction. This also puts pressure on his relationship. “I was completely dependent on her at first and she completely ignored herself. I felt bad about that too.”

Damcourt also had a message: Cerebral infarction does not mean the end of your life. “I thought I had eternal life. Not so. So, acknowledge your fatigue and take moments of rest. For me, the stroke may have been an emergency brake that my body pulled.”