What is Klaas Samplonius?
{{Infobox person | name = Klaas Samplonius | image = NOSTourdeFrance1979.jpg | caption = Samplonius (back row, 4th from the left) as member of staff of the [[NOS]] for the [[1979 Tour de France]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|9|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Zwolle]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|11|1947|9|17|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = journalist and media presenter | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Klaas Samplonius''' (17 September 1947 – 11 November 2022) was a Dutch journalist and radio presenter.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2452109-oud-radiopresentator-met-het-oog-op-morgen-klaas-samplonius-75-overleden |title=Oud-radiopresentator Met het Oog op Morgen Klaas Samplonius (75) overleden|work=[[NOS]]|date=12 November 2022|access-date=12 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/2162712/oud-radiopresentator-klaas-samplonius-op-75-jarige-leeftijd-overleden |title=RTV Oost|work=Oud-radiopresentator Klaas Samplonius op 75-jarige leeftijd overleden|date=12 November 2022|access-date=12 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref> ==Career== Samplonius started his career at the [[Zwolse Courant]] in 1965. He later worked for newspapers ''[[Trouw]]'' and ''[[Algemeen Dagblad]]''. From the early 1970s, Samplonius mainly worked for radio, initially at [[Radio North Sea International]] and later at [[AVRO]], [[NOS]] and [[TROS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dvhn.nl/drenthe/Journalist-en-oud-hoofdredacteur-van-RTV-Drenthe-Klaas-Samplonius-75-overleden-28045036.html |title=Journalist en oud-hoofdredacteur van RTV Drenthe Klaas Samplonius (75) overleden|work=Dagblad van het Noorden|date=12 November 2022|access-date=12 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/oud-omroepbaas-en-presentator-klaas-samplonius-75-overleden~a75bb707/ |work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]|title=Oud-omroepbaas en presentator Klaas Samplonius