Karel Hille

Karel Hille (17 February 1945 – 14 November 2022) was a Dutch journalist, songwriter and television producer.

Hille started his journalistic career at Nieuwsblad voor Castricum. Afterwards he worked for Het Vrije Volk. Later he worked als journalist for  and . He interviewed known people, including Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders.

In the late 1960s he became a songwriter for multiple artists. For Mieke Telkamp he wrote the known song . The song reached the Dutch Top 40. The song became a classic song a funerals. Because in the Netherlands copyright was not in effect at funerals, Hille did not earn money with it. Hille also wrote for Reinhard Mey the song . This song was between 1999 and 2017 in the Top 2000.

Hille lived in the last part of his life in Spain. He died there on 14 November 2022, at the age of 77.

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Category:Dutch journalists
Category:Dutch songwriters
Category:Television producers
Category:1945 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Place of death missing