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Nzayadio died on 7 December at Hull Royal Infirmary in Hull City, UK, where he had been admitted for the past two weeks after contracting COVID He was actively involved in the music scene for more than 40 years.

“My heart, like many other musicians who knew him, was broken because I have not only lost a colleague, but also a friend,” British-Congolese musician Fiston Lusambo told Music In Africa.

“He developed breathing complications related to COVID and had to be admitted to the ICU. He will be dearly missed here in the UK and everywhere else. He will be remembered as a great composer and magnificent singer.”

Lusambo said the date of Nzayadio’s funeral service would be announced in due course.

He said African musicians in the UK would also organise a tribute in his memory.

Nzayadio was born in in Kinshasa and was one of the many Congolese musicians trained at the Simon Kimbangu-founded Kimbanguist Church.

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