stopped his daily reporting while undergoing cancer treatment in order to finish his memoir. His memoir, written in English and entitled "A Lifetime of News" was finished shortly before his death, according to news colleagues. The forward for his memoir was written by former Swiss President and U.N. adviser on sport, Adolf Ogi. Ogi writes, "In this book, Bob looks back on his youth in the Netherlands under Nazi occupation, the independence of Indonesia, and his reports for a U.S. weekly from countries behind the Iron Curtain, at a time when American journalists were not welcome there." His memoir has not yet been published as of July 2007. Kroon had reportedly been responding well to his chemotherapy treatment. However, he was admitted to hospital on 20 June 2007 and died four days later in a hospital clinic near Lake Geneva. Kroon was 82. He was survived by his son and daughter, Peter Kroon and Tesa Kroon, as well as his partner, Yvonne Kilian. References External links Robert Kroon Obituary Radio Netherlands: Witnessing the world for more than 50 years Reporter Bob Kroon, who covered Indonesia, Congo, Hungary, Prague, dies at 82 1924 births 2007 deaths Deaths from pancreatic cancer Journalists from The Hague Deaths from cancer in Switzerland 20th-century Dutch journalists Dutch expatriates in Indonesia Dutch expatriates in Switzerland