Mary, known as Sis, died two days after falling into her home after falling was admitted to a hospital in Utrecht.
Here are the Van Rossems
Van Rossem gained national fame through the TV program Here are the Van Rossems. In it she discussed the cultural heritage of a different city every week with her brothers Vincent and Maarten, the well-known historian. Mary was given the nickname Sis by her brother Maarten and is an abbreviation of the English word ‘sister’.
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The NTR program started in 2015 and had 48 episodes in eight seasons. In another series from 2019, called Brothers in Berlin, Mary had to cancel due to health problems. She was unable to participate in the program at the time because of emphysema, a chronic condition of the lungs characterized by a chronic cough, shortness of breath and wheezing in the chest.
For a large part of her life, Van Rossem worked in education, both at secondary schools and at the Hogeschool Utrecht. Since 2018, Sis has been writing a column for Maarten!, the magazine of her brother Maarten.
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