Artist, Programme Maker and Voice Actor Wim T. Schippers (83) Passed Away
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Artist and TV producer Wim T. Schippers passed away last Wednesday at the age of 83. This was announced by his foundation. Schippers is known, among other things, as the voice actor for the character Ernie of the famous Muppet duo Bert and Ernie in Sesame Street. He was also the voice actor for, for example, Kermit the Frog and Count von Count. Schippers began working in the television and radio world in the 1960s. Some of his programs caused a …
A multi-talent is no more, writes Prime Minister Rob Jetten on X about Wim T. Schippers, after it became known on Monday that the TV producer and artist passed away on Wednesday at the age of 83.
Wim T. Schippers (1942-2026) | artist: “Truly uninteresting” is what Wim T. Schippers liked to call his work. From Fluxus artist to the voice of Ernie at…
A museum floor smeared with peanut butter, Vermeer's Milkmaid in concrete, a six-meter-high turd in the park: time and again, Wim T. Schippers managed to... the viewer...
Wim T. Schippers has passed away at the age of 83. He was a programme maker, actor, voice actor, writer, presenter, and visual artist. His foundation has announced his passing.

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