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Black celebrity deaths in 2016 that shocked fans
By
Mo Barnes
Dec 19, 2016
11:48 am
Papa Wemba
, world music star and “the king of Congolese rumba,” died April 23 at 66 after collapsing on stage at an Ivory Coast concert.
Papa Wemba (Photo Credit: Facebook/Papa Wemba)
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