Bert Bertrand was a journalist from
Belgium
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. He was the son of the
cartoonist
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Yvan Delporte
Yvan Delporte (24 June 1928 – 5 March 2007) was a Belgian comics writer, and was editor-in-chief of '' Spirou'' magazine between 1955 and 1968 during a period considered by many the golden age of Franco-Belgian comics. He is credited with seve ...
. He played a major role in the early days of
punk rock in Belgium
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. In 1983, he committed suicide.
He may also have been the one to be responsible for the name
Plastic Bertrand
Roger François Jouret (born 24 February 1954), better known as Plastic Bertrand, is a Belgium, Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "".
Biography Early life ...
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Work
* Press
** ''
More
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Computing
* MORE (application), outline software for Mac OS
* more (command), a shell command
* MORE protocol, a routing protocol
* Missouri Research and Education Network
Music Albums
* ''More!'' (album), by Booka Shade, ...
''
** ''En Attendant''
** ''
Le Trombone Illustré''
* Music
** Songwriter and singer for ''
The Bowling Balls''
References
External links
The Bowling Balls– jannin.com
* http://www.actuabd.com/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1&debut_articles=50
* http://www.actuabd.com/article.php3?id_article=1180
20th-century Belgian journalists
Belgian male journalists
Suicides in New York (state)
1983 suicides
1983 deaths
Year of birth missing
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