Gerty Christoffels

Gerty Maria Christoffels (10 September 1958 – 12 October 2020) was a Belgian television presenter known for De drie wijzen and Het ei van Christoffels.

Biography Gerty Christoffels was born on 10 September 1958 in Eigenbilzen. In 1984, she started work at BRT, the Flemish public broadcaster, and presented Boeketje Vlaanderen, a weekly tourist program. Between 1989 and 1991, she presented Het ei van Christoffels, a weekend magazine featuring regional reports. Christoffels became a panel member on the humoristic television program De drie wijzen and stayed on the show for more than ten years. In 2010, Christoffels published her autobiography, De helft van mijn leven in which she also dealt with the difficulties of starting a career outside of television. In 2017, she returned to De Drie Wijzen for a special edition about cancer. In 2018, she was diagnosed with lung cancer.