What is Piet van Putten?
{{Infobox person | name = Piet van Putten | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Amstelveen]], the Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|13|1941|2|23|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bornem]], Belgium | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = actor | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Piet van Putten''' sometimes wrongly written as '''Piet Van Putten''' (23 February 1941 – 13 January 2023) was a Dutch-born Belgian stage and television actor.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/bornem/pepijn-van-het-liegebeest-is-niet-meer-dat-mensen-hem-nog-altijd-niet-vergeten-zijn-doet-deugd~a0a1e34f/ |title=Pepijn van Het Liegebeest is niet meer: “Dat mensen hem nog altijd niet vergeten zijn, doet deugd”|work=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]]|date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://data.kunsten.be/people/1879290|title=Piet Van Putten|work=Flanders Arts Institute|date=|access-date=19 January 2023|language=nl|archive-date=19 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119190437/https://data.kunsten.be/people/1879290|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://uitvaartzorgderuyte.be/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/van-Putten-Piet_digitale-rouwbrief.pdf |title=Rouwbrief Piet van Petten|work=uitvaartzorgderuyte.be|date=January 2023|access-date=19 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> ==Career== Van Putten was mainly a stage actor and had his own [[puppet]]s theatre shows between 1984 and 2002. He played in the Netherlands and Belgium.<ref name=ref1 /> He became widely known, playing Pepijn in the Belgian puttet television series ''{{ill|Het Liegebeest|nl}}''.<ref name=ref1 /> He played in all the four seasons between 1983 and 1987.<ref name=ref1 /> He also played magician Pepijn in the Belgian television series ''[[Samson en Gert (TV series)|Samson en Gert]]'' in the 1991 episode named ''De leerling-goochelaar''. He said goodbye as