Artist Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens, said Arno, died Saturday, announced his agent, Groote Filip. He had been fighting for pancreas cancer since the end of 2019.
Le Monde
The Belgian singer Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens, said Arno, died at the age of 72, Saturday, April 23, announced his agent, Filip de Groote. He struggled for pancreatic cancer since the end of 2019. “He will miss us at all, his family, his friends and his musicians. He will always be with us thanks to the music that has maintained him Life until the end, “said his manager in a statement. He had stopped his treatment at the beginning of this year.
“2021 was the worst year of my life,” he explained to the world on February 6th in the aftermath of the first of the five shows he gave, at a per week, in Brussels and Ostend, until ‘On February 25th. For the first time, I have almost not played music and all my concerts were canceled. “
As if it was not enough, the disease took away several intiments at the same time. “My friend, my brother, the guitarist Paul Caste, with whom I started music and founded my first groups [Freckleface, Tjens Cut, TC Matic], and my mentor, Hubert de Cleer.” Dutch teacher in Ostend, The latter had initiated the Blues his 15-year-old student, lending him from Lightnin’Hopkins or Sonny Boy Williamson albums. “I became addicted,” remembers Arno, who later will find the teacher, exiled to Kathmandu (Nepal), for a more esoteric learning.
In 1981, Arno and its group, TC Matic, finally found the way for success with two songs, Oh la la la, then fucking fucking in 1983.
The group separates in 1986 and Arno launches a solo career. In 1990, he became known in France of the general public as a result of his participation in the soundtrack of the film Thank you life, from Bertrand blier.