Uwe Peter Murau (January 24, 1944 - March 17, 1992) was a goldsmith from Cologne.Partner Frank Govers
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Uwe Peter Murau (January 24, 1944 - March 17, 1992) was a goldsmith from Cologne.
In 1966 Murau met Frank Govers, with whom he began a relationship. After Frank asked Uwe's parents for his hand, they went to live and work in the Valeriusstraat. Uwe got a job at Goldstoff, for which he made the most ingenious settings for diamonds at the Diamond Exchange. Frank and Uwe moved to the Westeinde, then to the Weteringschans. Govers started a business together with a customer: Boutique Frank Govers on the Van Baerlestraat, but it was not long before bankruptcy came, after which the house on the Weteringschans had to be sold. Uwe never recovered from the spiritual wound, the sale of their beloved home. Their next place was on the Keizersgracht near the Leidsestraat, which Uwe considered 'a kuthuis'. He sulked about the friends who had abandoned him, now that booze and entourage were no longer available. The sensitive and erratic boy, sometimes unfaithful, but very attentive, spent a lot of money.
In March 1992, just before a show in Moscow, Uwe was fatally struck by a sudden aortic hemorrhage. He was laid down in a white box and he was given his favorite clothes, including the croco belt with the silver buckle he made himself. In the auditorium a concert was given by Emmy Verhey together with the very best musicians.
Frank Govers died on 14 January 1997 in Amsterdam. He lies in the grave of Uwe Murau (24 January 1944 – 17 March 1992). His youngest sister Ida (Iet) Petronella Hendrika Maria Govers (1 May 1943 – 17 July 2008) is buried with her brother and his boyfriend.
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