As a teenager, he escaped death twice during the war and for decades he worked at the ticket counter of his legendary discotheque in Blankenberge, where he hosted stars such as Tina Turner, James Brown and Tom Jones. On Tuesday evening, Eduard van den Wijngaert — known to everyone as ‘Ed van den Ibiza’ — passed away at home at the age of 99. “On Friday, May 1st, we went to the beach together. He really enjoyed those moments among people,” says d…
As a teenager, he escaped death twice during the war and for decades he worked at the ticket counter of his legendary discotheque in Blankenberge, where he hosted stars such as Tina Turner, James Brown and Tom Jones. On Tuesday evening, Eduard van den Wijngaert — known to everyone as ‘Ed van den Ibiza’ — passed away at home at the age of 99. “On Friday, May 1st, we went to the beach together. He really enjoyed those moments among people,” says d…