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Jacques Brel

 
 

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Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel Jacques Brel A memorial to the memory of Brel. The Belgian artist is believed to have spent all his time travelling back and forth between his native Belgium and the idyllic Marquesas Islands. Ralph Braumer / age fotostock;

Brel arrived in Atuona in 1975, and settled there with his girlfriend, Madly, in a small house, above the village. The Belgian singer/poet would stay there until his death.

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