John Massis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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parents Oscar Morbée Madeleine Lachat
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Place of Birth: Bruges, Flemish Region, Belgium
About John Massis
- John Massis (4 June 1940 – 12 July 1988) was a Flemish strongman and teeth-acrobat.
- His real name was Wilfried Morbée. Massis specialized in bending iron with his teeth.
- He also performed stunts where he lifted cars, pulled trains and stopped motorbikes and even helicopters and hot air balloons with his teeth.
- This resulted in several entries in the Guinness World Records book.
- He even stopped 4 small sport planes of lifting off in 4 different directions. In 1980 he started pirate radio "Radio Superstar" and also recorded the song John Massis de krachtpatser.
- In 1987 he recorded Zet er je tanden in, with Willy Sommers. In 1983 he also funded a political party called Positief Radicalen in Dutch or Positive Radicals. He had a few roles too in the Flemish films The Leeuw Van Vlaanderen (1984) and Merlina In 2004 Johan Heldenbergh performed a play based on Massis' life: Massis, the musical. In 2005 he became number 172 on the list of the most famous Belgian ever in history. He was also a source of inspiration for the cartoonist Pirana in the 80's to draw "Het Land Zonder Tanden" (1986).
- They were also close personal friends. He also made an appearance in the Kiekeboe-album De spray-historie (1988) with cartoon character "John Massif". In 1999 the band Noordkaap referred to John Massis by naming their album Massis.
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