On 15 April 2003, Volkert van der Graaf was convicted of assassinating Fortuyn and sentenced to 18 years in prison.
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Fortuyn was 54 years old when he was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in a car park outside a radio studio where Fortuyn had just given an interview to Ruud de Wild at 3FM.
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Pim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician was assassinated by Volkert van der Graaf in Hilversum, North Holland on 6 May 2002, nine days before the Dutch general election of 2002.
After a heated campaign a mere days before the election, Fortuyn was assassinated in Hilversum.
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Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician, sociologist, author and professor, assassinated durng the Dutch general election of 2002, buried in the cemetery of the frazione Provesano.