Gert Timmerman

Gerrit "Gert" Timmerman (8 June 1935 in Oldenzaal – 28 October 2017 in Overdinkel) was a Dutch singer and musician from the Province of Overijssel. He was a baritone, and played the saxophone, the clarinet, the keyboard and the double bass.
His best known hits were "Nimm deine weiße Gitarre" (1963), "Ik heb eerbied voor jouw grijze haren" (1963), "Een moederhart, een gouden hart" (1964), "De schommelstoel" (1965), and "Brandend zand" (1970).
He married Hermien van der Weide (also from the Province of Overijssel) in 1963. As "Gert and Hermien" they were a very popular musical duo for many years.
Timmerman and his wife became Christians in 1974. After their conversion they started a Christian musical career but later on they returned to their previous career.
They divorced in 1999. He remarried another woman in 2002. Hermien died in 2003.
Gert died of pancreatic cancer in 2017, at the age of 82.