Ronny Coutteure | |
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Born |
Ronny Louis Edmond Coutteure 2 July 1951 Wervik, Flanders, Belgium |
Died | 21 June 2000 Fretin, France |
(aged 48)
Occupation | Actor , director, author, TV presenter, restaurateur |
Years active | 1972 - 2000 |
Spouse(s) | Dianne van den Eijnden (???? - 2000) Colette Talpaert (????-????) |
Ronny Louis Edmond Coutteure (2 July 1951 – 21 June 2000) was a Belgian actor, director, author, TV presenter and restaurateur and worked in cinema, radio, television, opera and theatre. He was a celebrity in his home country and in France but is most famous internationally for his supporting role of Remy Baudouin, comrade-in-arms of Indiana Jones in the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
In theater, Ronny Coutteure staged and performed several works. He was the proprietor of the "pub-theatre" La ferme des hirondelles (Swallow Farm) in Fretin in northern France and he wrote and directed an opera, Les Contes d'un buveur de bière (Tales of a beer drinker) as well as teaching "biérologie" ("beer-ology"). Coutteure was a strong supporter of the culture and heritage of northern France and became a symbol of the culture of the frontier region with Belgium.
He committed suicide on 21 June 2000 at La ferme des hirondelles at the age of 48 shortly after France 3 announced the cancellation of his show Ronny coup de cœur.