Singer, actor and presenter Wim Rijken has passed away. The artist died on Wednesday at the age of 63 in a hospice in Amsterdam. His agent confirms this to the ANP after reporting from De Telegraaf.
From the eighties, Rijken released several singles such as Who knows what love is, a duet with Conny Vandenbos. In the nineties, Rijken could be seen as a presenter of Call TV on Veronica. There he presented, among other things, De Winkel van Sinkel and De Droogkap.
As an actor, Rijken could be seen in series such as Oppas!!!, Flikken Maastricht and Good Times, Bad Times. He also played the role of Sinterklaas in the Sinterklaas films by Martijn van Nellestijn.
Four years ago, Rijken was diagnosed with a rare bone marrow disease for which he underwent intensive treatments. A day before his death, Rijken told De Telegraaf about his choice for euthanasia. “It had become hopeless. It is enough,” said the artist in his last interview.
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