RIP Benjamin Zephaniah

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GetOutTheDoor Dec 2023 9:53am, 8 Dec 2023 471 posts	0 GetOutTheDoor Sad news.
McGoohan Dec 2023 10:07am, 8 Dec 2023 53,435 posts	0 McGoohan I was at University when this came out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_PRL1Z_Li4 He was a very political dude at the time. This track was on an NME tape. We played it to death in our common room. RIP Benjamin Zephaniah, a proper original
Hanneke Dec 2023 3:00pm, 8 Dec 2023 115,685 posts	0 Hanneke Surprisingly shaken by this...

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Sad news, great poet, fascinating and admirable advocate, and lovely human being (it seemed from interviews and writing).

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Funny, I was just listening to him as guest on Poetry Please the week before last, and he joked "Can't believe you haven't invited me on before!". I wonder if they knew he was recently diagnosed with terminal brain cancer?

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