- He had already been told that he suffers from Alzheimer's disease.
- In 1962 he founded the vzw Trefpunt, with which he restarted the Gentse Feesten in 1969.
- He studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent, where he graduated in 1954 magna cum laude.
- De Buck made his debut as a sculptor at the Expo 58 and was awarded several prizes for his sculptures.
- Walter De Buck was an artist and a popular singer, and also the driving force behind the revival of the Ghent Festival at the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies.
- As a musician, De Buck made name as a singer and writer of folklore music.
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