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Jos Brink (19 June 1942 – 17 August 2007) was a Dutch actor, radio and musical performer, film producer, television and radio personality, columnist and author. Brink was also a pastor engaged to the oecumenical congregation De Duif in Amsterdam. De Duif Amsterdam
Brink was born in Heiloo, North Holland. He did much to promote acceptance of homosexuality in Dutch society and was a well-known out gay person. Jos Brink dies, SimplyAmsterdam.nl; accessed 24 March 2015. He started living with his artistic partner Frank Sanders in 1973.
In a 1979 TV show Thank You, Your Majesty he kissed Queen Juliana (1909–2004) while congratulating her on her 70th birthday.
Among other things, he played "Van Bergen" in the radio play Testbemanning. Brink had set his sights on a career as an artist, but his father thought that was a bad idea for financial reasons. He then went on to study acting.
In the sixties, Jos Brink was a presenter at the AVRO radio program Tussen Tien Plus En Twintig Min. He was the presenter of the concert of The Rolling Stones in the Kurhaus, Scheveningen (1964), which was broken off after riots broke out in the audience within fifteen minutes of the start. That same year, he sailed through the canals of Amsterdam with the Beatles.
In the period 1962–1967, the Brink family lived in Tilburg. Biography unravels the life of Jos Brink and also his time in Tilburg, omroepbrabant.nl, September 27, 2021.
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Brink has played in many cabaret and musical performances, including Tekstpierement, together with his future husband . Wobbewoaf (1969) was Brink's first solo show. His real breakthrough came in the seventies, with the musical Maskerade (1979) and his own television show De Jos Brink Show (1986). He lent his voice to numerous radio commercials in the late sixties and early seventies. The presenter went on TV around the world after he spontaneously kissed Queen Juliana in a program celebrating her seventieth birthday.
Brink then made a splash as a panel member of the quiz Babbelonië. He also became known with the television shows Wedden dat..?, De 64.000 Gulden Vraag on RTL 4, and with the television program TV Toppers on the NCRV. "Wedden dat" was also a popular television program in Vlaanderen. In December 2005, he was seen in the musical "Als op het Leidseplein" about the life of lyricist Jacques van Tol. He also played in the musical Sonneveld about the life of the eponymous Wim Sonneveld. In 2005, he also played the role of museum director in the Dutch youth film Sinterklaas en het Geheim van de Robijn by director Martijn van Nellestijn.
From May 2006, he was part of the cabaret company Purper 101. In 2007, Brink would again be part of this cabaret company. In 2006, he would again play in the new Sinterklaas film Sinterklaas en het Uur van de Waarheid, but due to circumstances, this role was taken over by Purper colleague Frans Mulder. Brink remained involved in the behind-the-scenes production. Brink regularly played Sinterklaas on TV and in private circles.
Brink spoke openly about his homosexuality and has always strongly advocated for its acceptance. Brink was a buddy for many years at the ecumenical community De Duif in Amsterdam. He regularly wrote contributions for the Gay Krant and developed a play about the disease aids, called A new death. Brink was also active as a pastor-preacher (he derived the authority for this from the Remonstrants) Engelenbrood en Dagelijks Brood: 150 Psalms and 491 Songs (page 3), Trouw, May 7, 1998 and he was associated as a leader at the ecumenical base community De Duif in Amsterdam.
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