Hummie van der Tonnekreek

Alida Helena "Hummie" van der Tonnekreek (16 April 1945 – 19 January 2022) was a Dutch journalist and editor.
Van der Tonnekreek started working as an editor at "Margriet", but later she made career as a reporter at the gossip magazine '. She then worked for a short time at ' and finally was editor-in-chief at ' and "AvantGarde", where she left after a conflict in 1998. Van der Tonnekreek became known to the public when she became editor-in-chief of the television series "Big Brother" in 1999. She was the all editions editor-in-chief untill Big Brother 6 in 2006. She was also editor-in-chief of the reality series ', "" and "Hotel Big Brother". In 2011, she was involved as a consultant on the Big Brother spin-off "Secret Story".
Van der Tonnekreek had lung cancer She died in Hillegom on 19 January 2022, at the age of 76.