- Embarked on a yacht to sail around the world, but, being a heavy smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer after reaching the Canary Islands (1973).
- His body is buried next to Gauguin's grave at Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia), where he spent his last years.
- Claimed to have never written songs about love.
- He sang in two languages: French and Dutch. He used to translate most of his French songs into Dutch.
- A metro station on the line 1B in Brussels is named after him.
- Joined the Catholic-humanist youth organization "Franche Cordée", where he started acting and singing.
- Ranked #1 as "Le plus grand Belge" (the Greatest Belgian) by the audience of that Walloon TV show, but only ranked #7 on the show's Flemish version "De Grootse Belg".
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