Jazz Musician , Manu Dibango dies of Coronavirus

jazz legend, Manu Dibango

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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