Cathrinus "Rinus" Dijkstra (born 19 October 1969), professionally known as Zanger Rinus (

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for "Singer Rinus"), is a Dutch musician.

Biography

In 2009 Rinus released the song "Hey Marlous", an adaptation of "Schöne Maid, hast Du heut' für mich Zeit" by the German singer Tony Marshall from 1972. "Hey Marlous" is about Dutch singer Marlous Oosting. He became well known among the general public because the television program ''

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'' paid attention to it in one of their broadcast in the section ''De tv draait door''. After this followed more songs, such as "Hé Kastelein" (2010) and "Met Romana op de Scooter". The latter song was put on

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on 8 July 2011 and was viewed more than 300,000 times within five days. The song also attracted international attention: on the American news blog ''

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'' an article was dedicated to the video. Debora Siepman, his life partner since 1998, can often be seen in his video clips. Both also make an appearance in the song "Make You Pop" by

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. Rinus and Siepman were later engaged to marry. Siepman died unexpectedly on 7 June 2024, aged 51. Rinus has an

intellectual disability Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), Rosa's Law, Pub. L. 111-256124 Stat. 2643(2010).Archive is a generalized neurodevelopmental ...

. In his daily life, he is a woodworker in a social workshop.

Discography

Singles

External links

Official website (Dutch)

Official photo website (Dutch)
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