Arno, a rock icon known for his husky voice and unruly hair, died on Saturday at the age of 72 from cancer, according to his agent.
Arno, born Arnold Hintjens, was a Belgian national icon, his gravelly voice compared to that of American singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
Arno announced in February 2020 that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
“We’ll all miss him, but he’ll always be here because of the music that kept him going until the end,” said his Belgian agent Filip De Groote in a statement.
Arno, who was born on May 21, 1949, in the Flemish coastal town of Ostend, began his career in the 1980s with the group TC Matic.