Cape Town – South African music legend Johnny Clegg has died.
The 66-year-old musician was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and told The Juice in 2017: “I’m dealing with another parallel world that I work in with my diagnosis. Pancreatic [cancer] is lethal. There’s no way out of it.”
Clegg’s song Scatterlings of Africa topped charts in South Africa and made gave the singer his first entry into the UK Charts.
The immensely popular song was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1988 Oscar-winning film Rain Man.
Other hits by the veteran performer include: Impi, Great Heart, African Sky Blue and many more.
Source:Channels24.co.za
