The 22-year-old Dani van Velthoven from Purmerend, last January The Voice of Holland won, late today Op Instagram know that his friend Azad has died. “This week is the darkest of my life.”
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entertainment">In his post on Instagram, the singer says that he first did not want to write about the death of his friend, because he did not want to reduce it to an Instagram post. But since many followers knew his friend Azad, he still wanted to share it with his fans.
entertainment">In English he then writes: “This week the world lost the sweetest person I have ever met. He was my soul mate. I try to believe that there is something after death. A place where he has no more pain.”
entertainment">For now, the singer will take some time for himself.
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entertainment">De Purmerender made earlier in an introductory film for The Voice of Holland known that he wants to sing for all people who are not accepted because of their sexuality. His friend Azad fled his country because he was gay.
entertainment">“My very first boyfriend was from Syria. That’s when I first experienced what it’s like to be gay in a Middle Eastern community. I thought it was so terrible, it really affected me,” he says in the video.
entertainment"> Watch the introduction video below.
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