South African Music Legend Johnny Clegg Dies

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Cape Town — South African music legend Johnny Clegg has died, aged 66.

Clegg, described as one of the country’s most celebrated sons, had been fighting pancreatic cancer since 2015.

His manager for 30 years, Roddy Quinn released this statement:

It is with immense sadness that we confirm that Jonathan (Johnny) Clegg, OBE OIS succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 on the afternoon of 16 July 2019 at his family home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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