Singer Wim Ravell (59), father of Andy Peelman, passed away

Wim Ravell, born as Wim Peelman, has passed away. He was 59. The friturist from Dendermonde became the first winner of . in 1989 The sound mix show and then went all out for the music. He released hits like Annelies, I want to dream, I I’m glad I haven’t forgotten you on Do everything. With the latter he took his chance on the selections for the Eurovision Song Contest, but he was not chosen in the end.

Ravell is the father of Andy Peelman, who gained fame with his role in the VTM series The neighborhood police. However, the two had not been in touch for more than thirty years. “When I was about six, my parents separated,” the actor once told Story. Since then I have no contact with my father. You might expect me to regret that, but honestly? That is not true.”

Ravell has spoken out regularly about the difficult relationship with his son in the past. “I always did everything I could to see Andy. He doesn’t have an accurate picture of me. But things have turned out as they have. He doesn’t want to see me, and I respect that. Although the loss of my son is a pain that cuts even harder than my physical pains.”

By those physical pains he meant the consequences of his illness. In 2018, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. “I am completely healed,” he told Hey everyone. “I have learned to live with my back pain, the pain in my hips and legs. And I don’t take painkillers because I don’t want to walk around like half a zombie.”

When Andy Peelman passed Eric Goens this spring in his Later when I’m bigger, he noted that a reconciliation with his father was not imminent. “As much as my mother means to me, he means so little to me,” he said. “That man is not there for me, and he doesn’t have to be. Mom has always filled that gap. In all honesty, at no point have I ever wondered where my daddy was.”

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