Fiftieth anniversary of the death of Wim Sonneveld, the joker from Lombok

Fiftieth anniversary of the death of Wim Sonneveld the joker

It has been fifty years since the Utrecht grocer’s son suddenly died. At the age of 56, a second heart attack proved fatal for Wim Sonneveld. As one of the Big Three of Dutch cabaret, he emerged as a joker in the Lombok district, after which he would conquer audiences in the Netherlands and far beyond.

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