George Kooymans
Sign in to saveAlso known as George J. Kooymans, George Jan Kooymans
Dutch musician, songwriter
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Golden Earring
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1948-03-11
- Active to
- 2025-07-22
rock
Discography
- Jojo1973
- Solo1987
- On Location2010
- Mirage2022
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- 706
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George Kooymans (born 11 March 1948 in The Hague, Netherlands; died 23 July 2025 in in Rijkevorsel, Belgium) was a Dutch songwriter, guitarist and vocalist remembered for co-founding Golden Earring and being the band's guitarist and vocalist from 1961 to 2021. Kooymans co-founded the band as The Tornado's in The Hague, Netherlands, in late 1961. The band had to call it a day in February 2021 after sixty years due to Kooymans' tragic diagnosis with the neuro-muscular disease ALS, which has rend
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- The Hague
- Place of death
- Rijkevorsel
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Silver Harp
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Image
- George Kooymans - Golden Earring - 1974.jpg
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- birth name
- George Jan Kooymans
- name in native language
- George J. Kooymans
- medical condition
- ALS
- cause of death
- ALS
- date of birth
- 1948-03-11
- Commons category
- George Kooymans
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- member of
- Golden Earring
- date of death
- 2025-07-23
- manner of death
- natural causes
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