Jacques Brel
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DOB
8 April 1929, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
8 April 1929, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
DOD
9 October 1978, Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France (lung cancer)
9 October 1978, Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, France (lung cancer)
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Filmography
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1. Far West (1973) .......Actor:
1. Brel, un cri (1985) .... Himself2. Brel (1982) .... Himself
3. Nous les artistes: Jacques Brel (1979) .......
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Trivia
- His body is buried next to Gauguin's grave at Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), where he spent his last years.
- Claimed to have never written songs about love.
- He sang in two languages: French and Dutch. He used to translate most of his French songs into Dutch.



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