Biography:

Arie Ribbens ( Eindhoven , January 22 , 1937 – Emmeloord , December 3, 2021 ) was a Dutch singer .

Ribbens was born and raised in Eindhoven . After high school he played in several bands. He then became a percussionist in various regional orchestras. Finally, he became leader of Arie Ribbens’ quartet.

Career

His repertoire consisted mainly of party and carnival music and includes the songs Brabant Nights Are Long , Polonaise Hollandaise , Akketdoe , Polonaise reverse , I’m in love with Hanja Maij-Weggen and Reggae too geek he . Polonaise Hollandaise is a more or less Dutch translation, but with its own Dutch lyrics, of the song Polonaise Blankenese by the German singer Gottlieb Wendehals . [2]

Ribbens played a guest role in the film Filmpje! by Paul de Leeuw . He has not scored any major hits in recent years, but Ribbens was still active in the snack circuit until February 2015. Since November 2008 he has performed together with Maggie MacNeal as the duo Mouth & MacNeal . He replaced the original Mouth Willem Duyn , who died in 2004 .

Ribbens released a new single in 2011: With you I will become a hundred .

In May 2013, Ribbens, at the age of 76, launched his CD Een Nieuwe Weg per rocket in the United States. [3]

On March 19, 2014, an episode of Jouw Vrouw, mijn Vrouw was broadcast on RTL 4, in which Ribbens temporarily exchanged his wife for Heleen van Royen , and his wife temporarily moved in with Heleen van Royen’s friend Bart Meeldijk .

Health

In February 2015, Ribbens announced that he had stopped singing due to damaged vocal cords. [4]

Ribbens was diagnosed with lung cancer for the first time in 2009. The disease returned a number of times afterwards and in 2019 it turned out that a cure was no longer possible. [5] He also suffered from kidney problems, a broken hip and vascular dementia. He died on December 3, 2021 at the age of 84. [6] The direct cause of death was COVID-19 . [7]

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