The news has been confirmed by his wife. Aerts was 72 years old and died “after a long and courageous struggle”. Jean-Marie Aerts became known as a guitarist with the band TC Matic. He was Arno’s right hand for many years.
“He formed a royal couple with Arno in the 1980s,” says journalist and music expert Jan Delvaux. “Together they were the front men of TC Matic. That was something new back then, in the early 80s. With the big hit ‘Oh la la la’ it was as if a new era was starting, after the good cabaret. He epitomized that and was a great musician.”
Watch: this is how he played the famous guitar riff of that hit
