Ex-Cape principal and his nurse wife succumb to Covid-19 less than 24 hours apart
By Shakirah Thebus
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Cape Town - A former Cape principal and nurse, who had recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, succumbed to Covid-19 just hours after each other, over the weekend.
The former Fairview Primary School principal, Cedric Esterhuizen, died on Saturday, and wife, Maureen, both 72, died on Sunday. The couple lived in Second Avenue, Fairways. Maureen was a retired nurse who had previously worked at the Grassy Park Day Hospital.
Their son, Cedric Andre Esterhuizen, said his parents were both admitted to Melomed Gatesville Private Hospital, on December 31.