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Walter De Buck

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Belgian artist (1934–2014)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium
Active from
1934-07-13
Active to
2014-12-21
contemporary folkkleinkunstsinger-songwriter

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Well-known folk artist from Ghent, Belgium. His fame is perhaps based more on his activities as organizer of the incredible "Gentse fieste" (10 days of music, theater, performance, wine and dine in the historic city centre of Ghent) than to his music, but this is how he got known in the sixties and seventies. He started these festivities (or revived them, because they were a tradition up 'till the 19th century) in 1970 around Sint-Jacobs. Over the years <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Walt

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Walter
Gender
male
Citizenship
Belgium
Place of birth
Ghent
Place of death
Ghent
Occupation
sculptor
Instrument
voice
Image
Kunstwerk-walter-de-buck-boegbeeld-1308085862.jpg
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date of birth
1934-07-13
date of death
2014-12-21
Commons category
Walter De Buck
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
esophageal cancer
start of work period
1958-00-00
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