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Daughter Eva van de Klundert (born April 17, 1998) with first wife Judith van Laer. Daughters Roos (born January 17, 2004) and Lola (born March 2008) with second wife Nathalie.

He is a strong advocate of (epidural) anesthesia during childbirth, which is common practice in most Western countries, except for his native the Netherlands. He is also a firm supporter of euthanasia, which, oddly enough, is legal in the Netherlands but not in most other Western countries.

Lost his first wife, Judith van Laer, to breast cancer. He detailed the process of her disease, his extra-marital escapades and, finally, her death by euthanasia, in his novel "Komt een vrouw bij de dokter" - which was adapted into the movie Komt een vrouw bij de dokter (2009).