3 March 1968
South African artist, composer and writer, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, died at the age of 47 in Lusaka, Zambia after a sudden illness. He composed the music and wrote some of the lyrics for the popular all-Black musical King Kong, portraying the life and death of heavyweight boxer Ezekiel Dlamini.
References
Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2.|SAHO, Todd Tozama Matshikiza, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 25 March 2013]