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Tributes have been paid to Willy Mignon, an era-defining Beninese musician who died at the age of 39. The artist passed away hours after having a seizure, his sister Christel told the BBC, adding ...
Born in Parakou on 29 April 1986, Mignon began his musical work with his sisters in Ouidah, where he was a school orchestra conductor.While living in Porto-Novo, he was a bassist and launched an album in June 2007.
Tony Bennett’s legacy will live on through the music he “delighted in performing,” his wife, Susan Benedetto, and eldest son, Danny Bennett, said following his death. The beloved singer died ...
Turkish singer Zeki Müren died of a heart attack during a live performance on stage at TRT İzmir Television. Opera singer Richard Versalle died on stage at the Metropolitan Opera during the company's première performance of The Makropulos Case when he suffered a heart attack while standing on a sliding ladder attached to a file cabinet. He ...
Ukrainian singer: 44: April 14, 2021: Klaipėda, Lithuania: Heart failure: Barby Kelly The Kelly Family: 45: April 15, 2021: Belascoáin, Spain: Heart failure [57] Barry Mason: 85: April 16, 2021: Unknown [58] Mike Mitchell The Kingsmen: 77: April 16, 2021: Died on his 77th birthday of unknown cause [59] Lew Lewis Eddie and the Hot Rods: 65 ...
Victor Efosa Uwaifo was born in Benin City, Edo State, Colonial Nigeria [4] and obtained his secondary school education at the Western Boys' High School Benin and St Gregory's College, Lagos, from 1957 to 1961. He began playing guitar when he was 12 years old, his earliest popular music influences being records of Spanish and Latin American ...
Tony Bennett’s legacy is being remembered by his grieving family, following the New York icon’s death on Friday at age 96. Bennett’s wife, Susan Benedetto, and son Danny Bennett — one of ...
Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence, the country was home to a vibrant and innovative music scene, where native folk music combined with Ghanaian highlife, French cabaret, American rock, funk and soul, and Congolese ...