Humphrey Campbell died on Monday evening at the age of 66. The singer, who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992, died of cancer.
Campbell died peacefully and pain-free, his family and management said. His family announced earlier this month that Campbell was seriously ill. He has made his body available to science. That’s why there is no funeral.
The singer is best known to the general public for his participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1992. In Malmö, Sweden, where Linda Martin won for Ireland, he achieved ninth place with the song Wijs Me De Weg.
Campbell collaborated with artists such as Rob de Nijs, Paul de Leeuw and Ruth Jacott. Together with Campbell’s two brothers, Jacott was in the background choir during Campbell’s Eurovision participation in 1992. In return, he also sang in the background a year later when Jacott went to the Eurovision Song Contest with Vrede.
Jacott and Campbell were also in a relationship for a long time. The two separated in 2011 after 22 years.
Next year Campbell would embark on his theater tour Van Moengo Tot Hier! with pianist Cor Bakker. to start. “He was really looking forward to telling his life story during those performances. But unfortunately, yesterday he started another journey. His last,” the relatives wrote in a statement on Tuesday.
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