Dré Steemans (better known by his stage name Felice; 1 October 1954 – 9 October 2009) was a

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TV and

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Career

Steemans made his broadcast debut on 1 September 1985 in the radioshow ''Het Genootschap'' of Luk Saffloer, in which he started using his

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Felice Damiano. After this success he presented on Thursday evening his first show ''Felice'' on the BRT. Soon afterwards he got his own

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, ''Incredible''. One of the more infamous fragments in this show saw

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using two

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to mimick

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's genitals. In 1992, he started with Herwig Van Hove for the VRT the cooking show '' 1000 seconden'', that aired for more than 10 years. Felice was perhaps most famous for the show '' Het Swingpaleis'', a sing along show that he presented from 1996 until 2006 on VRT. In the summer months, he presented a similar show called '' Biebabeloela''. He also presented the

'' Als God in Frankrijk'' and

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's like '' Als je haar maar goed zit!''. He was also present at the cradle of the

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station

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. He had a cooking item in the show Vrouwentongen of Leen Demaré. In the summer months when he was at the camp site of Chiro Maasmechelen the presented his item live from the campsite where he cooked for the children. On 15 March 2006, the VRT announced that Steemans transfers to SBS, that own the stations

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and VijfTV. In October 2006, he took part in the film Mineurs by Fulvio Wetzl, in the role of Chef of the Mine of Beringen, Dalskaert. For VIJFtv, he presented each weekday the popular gameshow '' Te Nemen of Te Laten'', while for

he hosted '' Supertalent in Vlaanderen''. Afterwards, he completed a BA in History and Politics, later carrying this on to a master's degree. He went on to obtain a doctoral degree, becoming Dr Dre Streemens. He hosted the first version of ''

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'' in the

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as well. On 9 October 2009, just after his 55th birthday, he suddenly died in his sleep from

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Chiro Maasmechelen

Every summer (when he was available), Dré was the cook at the summer camp of Chiro Maasmechelen, where he didn't want to be called Felice. Even though he was an entertainer (even at the summer camp), he was there as a private person and not as a celebrity.

External links

Chiro Maasmechelen
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