I am born and live in the same city of Gent as J. Massis did. Yes, did, because he hung himself in his garage on juli 12th in 1988. It was lack of recognition what made him do it. I'm 21 years younger them him, and went to the same technical school where a story was still running. It was said that when J. Massis was in a bad mood, he could turn a bench-vice so vast that nobody else could turn it loose, not even the teacher! So then they had to get him out of the other classroom to come to the practicum-hall to turn it loose. He also went in politics (Positive Radicals) and started a local radiochannel (Radio Superstar). You'll find more on http://users.skynet.be/superstar/superstar-john-massis.htm, (dutch langw.) Serge Gernaey, Gent, Belgium.