Joëlle van Noppen (20 January 1980 – 12 May 2010) was a Dutch singer.

Career

Joëlle was born in

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. She was a member of the Dutch girl group WOW! from 1997 to 2000. Until her death, she was still active to a small extent as a cabaret singer in the band Copycat and performed

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Death

She died on 12 May 2010, aged 30, in the crash of

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."Joëlle was één brok energie"
Joëlle was one lump of energy"(in Dutch), ''

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'', 13 May 2010, accessed on 18 April 2018

References

1980 births 2010 deaths People from Middelburg, Zeeland 20th-century Dutch women singers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Libya Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2010 {{Netherlands-singer-stub