Owner Richard (40) of Café Bonaparte Passed Away

On Thursday evening at 21:50, Richard Opsteegh, owner of the well-known gay and drag café Bonaparte, died in hospital. The café on the Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam-Centrum is temporarily closed. It is not known what he died of.

Rotterdam - Rotterdam has lost two special, loving people in one: Richard Opsteeg and his alter ego, his drag character Denise Bonaparte. As the owner of night café Bonaparte, Richard meant a lot to the Rotterdam gay and drag scene. He was of great value to the community as a whole, but certainly from person to person. Last night, Thursday 15 May at 21:50, this night butterfly flew very high.