{"id":34617,"date":"2026-09-18T11:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=34617"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:57:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:57:46","slug":"the-voice-winner-found-dead-in-lake-at-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=34617","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Voice\u2019 Winner Found Dead in Lake at 43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Ben Saunders, the first-ever winner of <em>The Voice of Holland<\/em>, has died at 43.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Saunders was found dead on Sept. 15 at Rijkerswoerdse Plassen, a recreational lake near Arnhem, Netherlands, according to Dutch media. Police recovered his body around 1:20 p.m. and said there were no signs of foul play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">His brother, Dean Saunders, paid tribute on social media, writing that Ben would remain in his heart forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Ben rose to fame after winning the first season of <em>The Voice of Holland<\/em> in 2011. The show later became the original format behind the worldwide <em>Voice<\/em> franchise, inspiring more than 150 adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death has not been announced. Saunders is survived by his family, who have asked for privacy and respect during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ur19mM7nPRw?si=E_EcG9U4d4vil-j9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Saunders, the first-ever winner of The Voice of Holland, has died at 43. Saunders was found dead on Sept. 15 at Rijkerswoerdse Plassen, a recreational lake near Arnhem, Netherlands, according to Dutch media. Police recovered his body around 1:20 p.m. and said there were no signs of foul play. His brother, Dean Saunders, paid&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=34617\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u2018The Voice\u2019 Winner Found Dead in Lake at 43&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34619,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34617\/revisions\/34619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}