Famous rock music musician Arno, known for his muffled singing style and unruly hair, succumbed to cancer at the age of 72.
Belgian rock musician Arnold Hintjens, nicknamed ‘Arno’, passed away at the age of 72. Arno was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2020. “We will all miss him, but he will always be in our hearts, thanks to his music that kept him alive,” the musician’s manager, Filip De Groote, said in a statement.
Born on May 21, 1949 in the Flemish coastal town of Ostend, Arno joined the TC Matic cluster in the 1980s.
‘A NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR BELGIUM’
But it was his solo works that made him famous. He became widely known for his music called “Les Yeux de ma mere”. “He was a tremendous musician and poet. He was a national monument to Belgium,” said Boris Vedel, director of the Printemps de Bourges Music Festival. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo also shared the “Rest in peace Arno” statement on social media for Arno.
Arno said in an interview with France 24, “I’ve had a wonderful life. Thanks to music, I traveled the world and enjoyed it. I’ll take this satisfaction with me, thank you life.”
Arno’s best-known soundtracks include ‘Oh la la la!’, ‘Je ne veux pas etre grande’, ‘Comme a Ostende’ and ‘Mon Sissoyen’.
WHO IS ARNO?
Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (21 May 1949 – 23 April 2022), better known by his stage name Arno, was a Belgian musician born in Ostend. He was the lead singer of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian sets of the 1980s. After the relegation broke up in 1986, he continued his solo career.
Arno; He sang music in a mix of English, French, Dutch and Ostend dialect. He wrote or co-wrote all the instruments for TC Matic, a group with moderate artistic success across Europe, with several guitarists and producers Jean-Marie Aerts. After going solo, he released more than a dozen albums during a successful career. In 2002 he was awarded the title of “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres” (Knight in Arts and Letters) from the French government. A biography written by Gilles Deleux in 2004 has been translated into Dutch as Een lach en een traan (“A Smile and a Tear”).
He played the gay lifeguard Harry, who ignored Lolo Ferrari, who portrayed a Pamela Anderson caricature, in Belgian cinema Camping Cosmos.
At the beginning of 2020, Arno postponed his upcoming type after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died of pancreatic cancer on April 23, 2022, at the age of 72.
