86-year-old Cameroonian jazz musician, Manu Dibango, has been reported dead after testing positive for the coronavirus.
BBC reports said the Jazz legend died at a hospital just outside Paris, France.
Dibango’s family confirmed his death in a Facebook post which reads: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the loss of Manu Dibango, our Papy Groove, who passed away on 24 March 2020, at 86 years old, because of Covid-19.”
The family also communicated that a public memorial service would be held at a later time and that presently, they would be conducting his funeral in private.
Manu Dibango achieved global fame musically with “Soul Makossa.”
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