Mourners gathered in Gatanga, Murang'a County Saturday to say goodbye to contemporary benga musician John Ng'ang'a Mwangi, better known by his stage name John De'Mathew.<\/p>\n
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Mourners gathered in Gatanga, Murang’a County Saturday to say goodbye to contemporary benga musician John Ng’ang’a Mwangi, better known by his stage name John De’Mathew.<\/p>\n
A funeral service held at Githambia Primary School kicked off at 10am.<\/p>\n
De’Mathew died in a road crash near Thika Town on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
Since the news of his death broke, condolences have been pouring in from fellow musicians, fans and political leaders from across the country.<\/p>\n
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DeMathew, who was the chairman of the recently launched Tamco Sacco, was returning home from a fundraising meeting at Metro Fill bar in the town when he met his death.<\/p>\n
His death echoes a warning in his first most popular hit Peris Nduku, which he released in 1987 and in which he narrates about his lover’s death in a grisly road crash, warning that sometimes vehicles are unreliable.<\/p>\n
In the song, DeMathew narrates how, with his lover, they were involved in a fatal crash as they went to visit his parents in Gatanga.<\/p>\n
But their car rolled while climbing a hill thus cutting short their journey home.<\/p>\n
FAREWELL KISS<\/p>\n
They were taken to hospital where his lover Nduku died while undergoing treatment. He ends the song with farewell words to his lover, who kisses him a final goodbye as she breathed her last, telling her that he is also on the way and that they will meet in heaven.<\/p>\n
It was a classic masterpiece that threw DeMathew into music fame which he maintained in his over 30 years singing career.<\/p>\n
Incidentally, DeMathew died in a similar way as happened to his imaginary lover Nduku.<\/p>\n
HIT TRUCK<\/p>\n
On Sunday, August 18, 2019, his car hit a trailer-truck from the rear as he drove up an incline near Thika’s Blue Post Hotel along the Thika-Murang’a Road.<\/p>\n
He was pronounced dead at the Thika Nursing Home where he had been rushed following the crash.<\/p>\n
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