Famous rock music singer Arno, known for his muffled singing style and unruly hair, succumbed to cancer at the age of 72.
Belgium’s famous rock singer , nicknamed ‘Arno’, Arnold Hints, died 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 the music that kept him alive ,” the singer’s manager, Filip De Groote, said in a statement.
Born on May 21, 1949 in the Flemish seaside town of Ostend, Arno joined the TC Matic group in the 1980s.
‘A NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR BELGIUM’
However, it was his solo works that made him famous. He became widely known with his song “Les Yeux de ma mere”. “He was a tremendous singer 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 message “Rest in peace Arno” on social media for Arno.
Arno said in an interview with France 24, “I’ve had a wonderful life. Thanks to music, I have traveled the world and enjoyed it. I will take this happiness with me, thank you life.”
Arno’s best-known songs 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 singer born in Ostend. He was the lead singer of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. After the group disbanded in 1986, he continued his solo career.
Arno; He sang in a mix of English, French, Dutch and Ostend dialect. He wrote or co-wrote all of the band’s material for TC Matic, a group with moderate artistic success across Europe, most with guitarist and producer Jean-Marie Aerts. After going solo, he released more than a dozen albums throughout 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”).
played the gay lifeguard Harry, who ignored Lolo Ferrari, who portrayed a caricature of Pamela Anderson, in the Belgian movie Camping Cosmos.
In early 2020, Arno postponed his upcoming tour after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died of pancreatic cancer on April 23, 2022, at the age of 72.
