Born 8 April 1929, Jaques was a Flemish stage and movie actor, and a master of the French Chanson. He married his wife in 1950, Thérèse "Miche" Michielsen and they had three children. As a singer songwriter, his emotive songs exhibited many shades of his character form desperate to manic to joyful. He suffered an untimely death at aged 49, on October 9th , 1978, due to a pulmonary embolism. The Renaissance Man As an artist he had many strings to his bow. Not only a fanta