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Louis Denaph (80) from Borgerhout, lyricist and co-singer of the Mannen van de Pacht or the “singing garbage men” who mainly performed in Antwerp in the 1990s, died of the corona virus last weekend. “I am grateful to the staff of ZNA Stuivenberg that father was able to die with dignity,” says his daughter Tania. “He has given up seriously. Anyone who still walks happily on the street really has not understood what is happening. ”
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The Mannen van de Pacht, the musical project of colleagues who worked at Antwerp waste collection, sold no fewer than 6,500 singles from the song “We are the men of the lease” …
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