SA Musician Todd Matshikiza dies

Todd Matshikiza.Todd Matshikiza.

Date: 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.

Source:

Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of South African Biography, v. 2.