Facts: - death place: leiden , netherlands - caption: bart de graaff in 1991 - death date: may 25 , 2002 - birth date: april 16 , 1967 - name: bart de graaff - image: bart de graaff.png - birth place: haarlem , netherlands - occupation: presenter , comedians Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bart de graaff .
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bart f. de graaff -lrb- april 16 , 1967 - may 25 , 2002 -rrb- was an influential dutch television presenter , comedian and creator , as well as the founder and chairman of the public broadcasting network bnn .because of a car accident in his youth , de graaff suffered from serious renal failure for most of his life .this also caused a growth disorder which made him look like a twelve-year-old boy .in his career as a television presenter he often used this fact to his advantage .in 1997 he founded a public broadcasting network , bart 's news network -lrb- bnn -rrb- .after his death , it was renamed to bart 's neverending network .targeted at a youthful audience , the network quickly became known for its sometimes provocative programming .bart de graaff also made a radio station called 3fm .a television show de grote donorshow -lrb- the big donor show -rrb- by bnn won an emmy award for best non-scripted entertainment .at the end of 1997 de graaff received a donor kidney and was for a time able to live a relatively normal life .in 1999 the kidney was rejected and his health deteriorated quickly .de graaff died in may 2002 , 35 years old .