What is Karel Hille?
{{Infobox person | name = Karel Hille | image = Karel hille-1455447029.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|2|17|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|14|1945|2|17|df=y}} | death_place = Spain | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = journalist, songwriter and television producer | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Karel Hille''' (17 February 1945 – 14 November 2022) was a Dutch journalist, songwriter and television producer.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.ditjesendatjes.nl/schrijver-begrafenis-hit-overlijdt-en-niemand-weet-het/ |title=Schrijver begrafenis-hit overlijdt…|work=DenD|date=9 January 2023|access-date=12 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> Hille started his journalistic career at ''Nieuwsblad voor Castricum''. Afterwards he worked for ''[[Het Vrije Volk]]''. Later he worked als journalist for {{ill|Privé (magazine)|nl|Privé (weekblad)|lt=Privé}} and {{ill|Story (Dutch magazine)|nl|Story (Nederlands weekblad)|lt=Story}}. He interviewed known people, including [[Mark Rutte]] and [[Geert Wilders]].<ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://omroepcastricum.nl/nieuws/artikel/karel-hille-overleden |title=Karel Hille overleden|work=Omroep Castricum|date=15 November 2022|access-date=12 January 2023|language=nl}}</ref> In the late 1960s he became a songwriter for multiple artists. For [[Mieke Telkamp]] he wrote the known song ''{{ill|Waarheen, waarvoor|nl}}''. The song reached the [[Dutch Top 40]]. The song became a classic song a funerals.<ref name=ref2 /> Because in the Netherlands copyright was not in effect at funerals, Hille did not earn money with it.<ref name=ref3>{{cite web|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/schrijver-waarheen-had-vijf-miljoen-euro-kunnen-verdienen-nu-heb-ik-er-alleen-maar-geld-aan-verloren~a26c4b67/ |title=Schrijver Waarheen had vijf miljoen euro kunnen verdienen: ‘Nu heb ik er alleen maar geld aan verloren’|work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]]|date=23 July 2020|access-date=12 January 2023|language=nl