AMADOU Bagayoko, the renowned guitarist and singer of the Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, has died at 70.
The Grammy-nominated musician died after a long battle with illness, his son-in-law confirmed on Friday.
The band's manager, Yannick Tardy, said Amadou had been taken into hospital feeling drained, and died later that day.
He passed away in his birth town of Bamako.
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