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Legendary Congolese musician Simaro Massiya Lutumba died early Saturday at a hospital in Paris, France.<\/p>\n

His fellow musicians Nyboma Mwandido and Sam Mangwana confirmed his death in phone interviews.<\/p>\n

Lutumba was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo on March 19, 1938.<\/p>\n

He specialised in Soukous, wrote songs, played the guitar and led a band in the DRC.<\/p>\n

The cause of Lutumba\u2019s death was not immediately clear but he had been suffering from diabetes and hypertension.<\/p>\n

OTHER ICONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several musicians of repute, among them Kenyans Joseph Kamaru and Ayub Ogada, Zimbabwean Oliver Mutukudzi and Congolese Dodo Munoko, have died in recent times.<\/p>\n

Kamaru, a celebrated Kikuyu Benga musician, died in October 2018 at MP Shah Hospital in Nairobi where he had been admitted days before after falling ill. He was 79 years old.<\/p>\n

Kamaru, who hailed from Kangema in Murang\u2019a County was born in 1939 and started his singing career in 1956.<\/p>\n

Ogada was born in 1956 in Mombasa to parents who were musicians. Travelling with his parents exposed him to both Western and African cultures, which influenced his music.<\/p>\n

He favoured the Nyatiti, a Luo string instrument, in most of his songs.<\/p>\n

Mutukudzi, a star of Afro-jazz who won a following across the continent and beyond, died in January at the age of 66.<\/p>\n

He passed away at Avenue Hospital hospital in Harare, the local press reported.<\/p>\n

Munoko died in October 2018 at a hospital in Los Angeles following a short illness. He was 61 years old.<\/p>\n

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