Haiti is mourning the disappearance of one of its icons. Singer Michele Beniaminobetter known as Mikaben he died on Saturday 15 October. I’m collapsed in the middle of a concert.
Mikaben died on stage
Mikaben had been invited to the stage of the Accor Arena in Paris of the Haitian musical group kompa Carimi, reunited six years after its dissolution.
Old 41 years oldthe singer died of a heart attack. On the videos published on social networks we see him then leave the stage in pieces suddenly collapse. The concert was interrupted before the hall was evacuated.
On Twitter, the Accor Arena team indicated that Mikaben was “died following a malaise on stage and despite the intervention of the emergency services”, before expressing his support for the artist’s family and loved ones in this “painful trial. “
An icon of Haitian heritage
Son of artist Lionel Benjamin, Michael Benjamin was born in Port-au-Prince in 1981. Singer, composer and producer, he was part of the Haitian “heritage”, according to the words of singer Tamara Suffren, reported by BFM.
On Twitter, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry mourned the loss of a “great reference of Haitian music”, adding that ” The country and the Haitian youth have lost a beautiful soul. “
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Source: Madmoizelle
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