Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (21 May 1949 – 23 April 2022), better known by his stage name Arno, was a Belgian singer. He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. After the band split in 1986 he enjoyed a solo career.

Career

Arno sang in a mixture of English, French, Dutch and his native Ostend-Flemish dialect. For TC Matic, a band which achieved moderate artistic success throughout Europe, he wrote or co-wrote all the band's material, much of it together with guitarist and producer

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. After going solo he released more than a dozen albums during a successful career. In 2002 he received the title "

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. At the beginning of 2020, Arno postponed his upcoming tour after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Until the end of his life he was performing and recording music. ''Opex'' was his last record, recorded while he was very ill. He died from the disease on 23 April 2022, in Brussels, at the age of 72.

Discography

Solo

*''Arno (album)'' (1986) *''Charlatan'' (1988) *''Ratata'' (1990) *''Tracks From The Story'' (1992) *''Idiots Savants'' (1993) *''Water'' (1994) with the Subrovnicks *''À La Française'' (1995) *''Live À La Française'' (1997) *''Give Me The Gift'' (1997) *''European Cow Boy'' (1999) *''À Poil Commercial'' (1999) *''Le Best Of'' (2000) *''Arno Charles Ernest'' (2002) *''Longbox'' (2002) *''French Bazaar'' (2004) *''Live in Brussels'' (2005) *''Jus De Box'' (2007) *''Covers Cocktail'' (2008) *''Brussld'' (2010) *''Future Vintage'' (2012) *''Le coffret essentiel'' (2014) *''Human Incognito'' (2016)*' *''Santeboutique'' (2019) *''Vivre'' (2021) *''Opex'' (2022) (His last album was posthumously released)

Freckleface

*''Freckleface'' (1972)

With Tjens Couter

*''Who Cares'' (1975) *''Plat Du Jour'' (1978) *''Singles 1975-1980'' (1978) *''If It Blows (Let It Blow)'' (CD compilation, 1991)

With TC Matic

*''TC Matic'' (1981) *''L'Apache'' (1982) *''Choco'' (1983) *''Yé Yé'' (1985) *''The Best Of (Ça Vient, Ça Vient, Change Pas Demain)'' (1986) *''Compil Complet!'' (2000) *''TC Matic - The Essential'' (2003)

As Charles

*''Charles Et Les Lulus'' (1991) with Roland Vancampenhout, Adriano Cominotto and Piet Jorens. *''Charles and the White Trash European Blues Connection'' (1998)

Filmography

*1987: ''Skin'' (by Guido Henderickx) as Chico *1996: ''Camping Cosmos'' (by

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) as André *2006: '' Komma'' (by Martine Doyen) as Peter De Wit / Lars Ericsson *2007: ''

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) as Alain (final film role)

Honours

*Knight in the

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: 2002 *

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(Charles Ernest): 2002 *Honorary citizen of

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: 2017 *Honorary citizen of

Ostend Ostend ( ; ; ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the la ...

: 2018 *

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Lifetime Achievement Award: 2019 *

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Lifetime Achievement Award: 2022. *Officer in the Belgian Order of the Crown: 2022

References

External links

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Official website
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(English) {{Authority control 1949 births 2022 deaths Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Belgium People from Ostend Belgian male singers Belgian rock singers French-language singers of Belgium English-language singers from Belgium Belgian male film actors Belgian composers Belgian male composers Belgian male musicians 20th-century Belgian male actors 21st-century Belgian male actors Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)