What is Ruud Englebert?
{{Infobox person | name = Ruud Englebert | image = Ruud englebert-1722018292 (cropped).png | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1950}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and given age|2023|1|19|72|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = bass guitarist, composer | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Ruud Englebert''' (1950 – 19 January 2023) was a Dutch bass guitarist and composer. Englebert was a bass guitarist for over fifty years. He was a member of among others [[Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]], [[Vitesse (band)|Vitesse]] and {{ill| A Girl Called Johnny (band)|nl|lt= A Girl Called Johnny}}.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url= https://www.rtlboulevard.nl/entertainment/artikel/5360724/wild-romance-bassist-ruud-englebert-72-overleden |title= Wild Romance-bassist Ruud Englebert (72) overleden |work=[[RTL Boulevard]]|date=21 January 2023|access-date=21 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> ==Biography== Englebert started becoming known in the 1970s as a member of the bands Fruit and Hollander. In the 1980s he was part of the band [[Vitesse (band)|Vitesse]], with whom he made the known song {{ill|Rosalyn|nl}} that was eight weeks in the [[Dutch Top 40]] and eleven weeks in the {{ill|Nationale Hitparade|nl}}. As a member of others [[Herman Brood & His Wild Romance]] he contributed as bass guitarist and composer to the 1988 album Yada Yada, with which [[Herman Brood]] made his musical comeback at the time.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> In the 1990s he was mainly active as a session musician in [[Germany]]. Englebert later returned to the Netherlands and was a long-standing member of the music group of [[Thé Lau]] and of the group {{ill| A Girl Called Johnny (band)|nl|lt= A Girl Called Johnny}} of [[Frédérique Spigt]].<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> Englebert died from an illness in the night from 18 to 19 January at the age of 72. People who paid tribute to his death includes [[Henkjan Smits]].<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2