U2 was an important theme in his life, and so were other U2 fans. According to his wife Jolanda he found great support here on U2start. Even in his final days and despite his state, he kept getting back here.
About a week before he passed away he agreed to become fan of the month because he found so much support here, it was an honor and he had much to thank us. The possibility to 'write it all down' on the forums helped him a lot, so he said himself. Two days before he passed away he sent us his answers, he was too ill to finish it so I'll leave it with some quotes.
We will all miss Emiel, for the person and fan he was, and in our hearts still is. According to his wife, U2 will continue to live on within Emiel's family, his wife and kids all became fans and will continue to be.
06-06-1972 - 25-08-2013. Emiel Klute.
"I am Emiel, married for 15 years with Jolanda and with three beautiful children of 2, 11 and 14 years old. My hobbies are photography, drawing, and doing fun things with my kids"
"I became a fan in 1983 since the EP Red rocks live...i was very into Madonna at that time shame shame sorry guys but my sister was very into U2 so at one day i sneaked into here bed room to get red rocks and started to listen to it more and more also to the other LP's."
"My favorite show is Zoo TV 1992, my favorite bootleg is Dortmund 1992"
"Kite is the song that means the most to me, because it's about the dead"
