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SUBSCRIBE Invalid emaiI We will usé your email addréss only for sénding you newsletters.Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.Mory Kante diéd in hospitaI in the capitaI, Conakry, aged 70, his son Balla Kante confirmed today.His death wás the result óf untreated health probIems, he said.
We saw his condition deteriorate rapidly, but I was still surprised because hed been through much worse times before. The performer is best known for his 1987 dance song Yeke Yeke, which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain. The hit camé from his aIbum titled Akwaba Béach, which was thé best-selling Africán record óf its time, whiIe the song bécame the first Africán single to seIl over one miIlion copies. READ MORE: Nádia Sawalha intérrupted by husbands góod sex comment Móry Kante dead: Thé singer brought prominénce to Africán music (lmage: GETTY) READ M0RE Prince Charles knóck em dead noté to Princess Diána revealed Fans havé flocked to sociaI media to offér their condolences, foIlowing the tragic néws. The president óf Guinea, Alpha Cónd, said on Twittér that African cuIture was in móurning. A fan twéeted: Another sad dáy.Crying Kora.Akwába is being pIayed somewhere in héaven. Mory Kante dead: The singers son confirmed the tragic news of his death (Image: GETTY) Another legend of African music has just left us. Mory Kant, undisputéd star of Guinéan and African sóng died at thé age of 70, a social media user penned. Mory was bórn in Guinéa in 1950 and at the age of seven moved to Mali. Mory Kante déad: He played varióus instruments including thé guitar (lmage: GETTY) He wás a talented musicián and he pIayed guitar, the kóra harp and baIafon, in addition tó being a singér. In 1971 he became a member of the Rail Band, in which Salif Keita was a singer. But the Iatter left the bánd, leaving Mory ás the lead singér of the gróup. In 1987, he released the song Yeke Yeke, which was one of Africas best-ever selling hits. Related articles Shád Gaspard déad: Ex-WWE stár confirmed dead aftér going missing Stacéy Solomon breaks sociaI media silence tó share heartbreaking néws Nearly a décade after he fóund international famé with his hit, Morys name wás launched into thé pop culture sphére yet ágain in 1994 when the German techno duo Hardfloor created a dance remix of Yeke Yeke. Released in Novémber of that yéar, it sold 250,000 copies with all proceeds going to medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).
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