What is Aart Staartjes?
[[File:Aart Staartjes in Hadimassa (cropped).png|thumb|200px|Staartjes in 1967]] '''Aart Staartjes''' (1 March 1938 – 12 January 2020) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker. He was born in [[Nieuwendam]], [[Amsterdam]]. He is best known for his role as Meneer Aart on ''[[Sesamstraat]]'', the Dutch co-production of ''[[Sesame Street]]''. Staartjes also presented the yearly arrival of ''[[Sinterklaas]]'' in the Netherlands. On 10 January 2020, Staartjes was injured in a car accident. Two days later, he died of his injuries in [[Groningen]]. He was 81.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2318352-tv-maker-en-sesamstraat-icoon-aart-staartjes-na-ongeluk-overleden.html|title=Tv-maker en Sesamstraat-icoon Aart Staartjes na ongeluk overleden|lang=nl|publisher=NOS|date=12 January 2020|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Aart Staartjes}} *{{IMDb name|0820868}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Staartjes, Aart}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch television actors]] [[Category:Dutch television presenters]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Amsterdam]] {{Actor-stub}}