Léonie Sazias (27 July 1957 – 3 October 2022) was a Dutch politician. A member of the 50PLUS party, she served in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.[1]

Léonie Sazias
Sazias in 1987
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office
27 June 2019 – 31 March 2021
In office
27 February 2019 – 7 March 2019
In office
23 March 2017 – 7 November 2018
Personal details
Born(1957-07-27)27 July 1957
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died3 October 2022(2022-10-03) (aged 65)
Hilversum, Netherlands
Political party50PLUS
OccupationTelevision host

In the 1980s, Sazias was a presenter for the programme TopPop, where she interviewed acts such as Toto,[2] The Bangles,[3] Alison Moyet,[4] Robert Smith,[5] and Demis Roussos.[6]

Sazias died of colon cancer on 3 October 2022, at the age of 65.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "L. (Léonie) Sazias". States General of the Netherlands (in Dutch).
  2. ^ Toto Interviewed by Toppop's Leonie Sazias, Ahoy Hall, Rotterdam, 1987 • TopPop, 21 April 2021, retrieved 2022-10-15
  3. ^ Girl group The Bangles are interviewed by TopPop's Leonie Sazias • Celebrity Interviews, retrieved 2022-10-15
  4. ^ Alison Moyet is interviewed by TopPop's Leonie Sazias • Celebrity Interviews, retrieved 2022-10-15
  5. ^ The Cure's Robert Smith is interviewed by TopPop's Leonie Sazias • Celebrity Interviews, retrieved 2022-10-15
  6. ^ Demis Roussos is interviewed by TopPop's Leonie Sazias • Celebrity Interviews, retrieved 2022-10-15
  7. ^ Quekel, Sebastiaan (4 October 2022). "Voormalig tv-presentatrice en oud-Kamerlid Léonie Sazias (65) overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 October 2022.