Lucky Dube dead

bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
edited October 2007 in Strut Central
I just got an email about this...he was just 43 and this happened in front of his son no less. Sad, tragic, useless.__________________JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) ??? South African reggae star Lucky Dube was shot in an apparent carjacking attempt and died as he tried to drive away and crashed into a car and a tree, police and news reports said Friday.The 43-year-old international star was shot Thursday night in front of his son, whom he was dropping off in Johannesburg's southern Rosettenville suburb, according to Police Capt. Cheryl Engelbrecht."His son was already out of the car. When he saw what was happening. He ran to ask for help," she said.Police were looking for the perpetrators, Engelbrecht said.The Star newspaper reported that three fellow musicians were among the first at the scene.The newspaper quoted an unidentified witness as saying Dube's son was out of the car, a Chrysler sedan, when the singer was approached by two men who opened his door and shot him twice.The wounded musician drove away and hit another car, causing him to lose control and hit a tree, the newspaper reported.South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world, recording an average of 50 murders each day. U.N. crime statistics say one in three Johannesburg residents has been robbed.The pervasive crime has raised concerns about South Africa's hosting of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.President Thabo Mbeki praised Dube as "an outstanding South African" and said the nation needed to "act together as a people to confront this terrible scourge of crime."Dube recorded more than 20 albums in a career spanning more than two decades.Dube's recording company, Gallo Records, paid tribute to its star, the newspaper reported, quoting CEO Ivor Haarburger as noting that Dube had a bigger following internationally than in South Africa.The singer switched to reggae style in the 1980s to express his anger against South Africa's former racist white-minority regime.

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  • knewjakknewjak 1,231 Posts
    tragic. RIP.

  • Damn..horribly sad..R.I.P

  • Thanks for passing on this news. Very sad. Had no idea he was so young.

  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Yeah, I just heard about this. I had a lot of time for Lucky. This is a real shame. RIP.

  • magneticmagnetic 2,678 Posts
    R.I.P.

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I was a fan. RIP.

  • Another fallen reggae star. I was in Zimbabwe about 10 years ago (gotdamn time flies) and Lucky Dube was THE MAN there. A true superstar and a great songwriter and musician. I've still got some of his tapes burried somewhere.

    "Slave" is my jam.


    RIP LUCKY DUBE.
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