Mas­man George “Bun­ny” Di­ef­fen­thaller has died. Con­do­lences were be­ing of­fered to the Di­ef­fen­thallers yes­ter­day af­ter the pass­ing of the fam­i­ly's pa­tri­arch, a for­mer ac­coun­tant and vet­er­an ole mas play­er ,on New Year's Day.

He was the hus­band of clas­si­cal singer Dean­na Di­ef­fen­thaller and fa­ther of so­ca star Kees Di­ef­fen­thaller and his broth­ers Jon and Hans who formed the pop­u­lar Kes the Band. He was al­so the fa­ther of film pro­duc­er and ac­tress Danielle Di­ef­fen­thaller, Re­nee and Hei­di.

A 2012 Caribbean Beat ar­ti­cle stat­ed that Di­ef­fen­thaller was a true lover of the mas, which lead to his chil­dren grow­ing up around mu­sic and hav­ing an ap­pre­ci­a­tion of cul­ture. It stat­ed that Kees and his broth­ers formed a garage band with equip­ment fash­ioned out of milk tins and buck­ets and when their fa­ther recog­nised their en­thu­si­asm, he bought them a drum kit and built a stage.

Ac­tor Michael Cher­rie sent con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly via Face­book yes­ter­day, say­ing that he was “re­mem­ber­ing George 'Bun­ny' Di­ef­fen­thaller. RIP...great friend, great man, great fa­ther of a great fam­i­ly...make new and won­der­ful vi­bra­tions in that new realm with the Lord, my friend...God­speed Bun­ny...my deep­est con­do­lences to his chil­dren Re­nee, Danielle, Hans, Jon, Kees and Hei­di, and all his fam­i­ly.”