Jotie T'Hooft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jotie T'Hooft

Flemish poet

Date of Birth: 09-May-1956

Place of Birth: Oudenaarde, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1977

Profession: writer, poet, comics artist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Johan Geeraard Adriaan T'Hooft (9 May 1956 – 6 October 1977) was a Flemish Belgian neo-romantic poet.
He is well known for his hippie/junkie lifestyle, death-related poetry and early death at age 21 from a drug-related suicide.
These elements have made him a legend in his native country.
His life and death by overdose were made into a movie, the English title Junkie's Sorrow.