Jan Lenferink, the Dutch radio and television presenter and columnist best known for RUR (Rechtstreeks uit Richter), died on March 7, 2026.
Born in Dalfsen on 9 December 1945, he studied Dutch language and psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, served three years as editor-in-chief of the Nijmeegse Universiteitsblad, and later worked as a teacher of Dutch. In the 1970s he worked on the radio programme Dit is het begin and later moved to the VPRO.
His first television work was as an interviewer on Het Gat van Nederland in the 1973–74 season. He developed RUR with Gert-Jan Dröge; the programme began in 1982 as a Sunday-afternoon talk show in the Amsterdam nightclub Richter before later returning on Veronica, RTL 4, RTL 5 and SBS6.
Jan Lenferink (9 December 1945 – 6 March 2026) was a Dutch radio and television presenter and columnist. He was best known as the presenter of RUR (Rechtstreeks uit Richter), a late-night talk show that began on Veronica in 1983 and later returned on RTL 4, RTL 5 and SBS6.