| LC control no. | n 85151985 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Masekela, Hugh, 1939-2018 |
| Variant(s) | Masakela, Hugh, 1939-2018 Masekela, H. (Hugh), 1939-2018 Masekela, Hugh, 1939- Masekela, Hugh Ramapolo, 1939-2018 Masekela, Ramapolo Hugh, 1939-2018 Masekela, Ramopolo, 1939-2018 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Hugh Masekela Quintet |
| Associated country | South Africa England United States |
| Associated place | Botswana |
| Birth date | 1939-04-04 |
| Death date | 2018-01-23 |
| Place of birth | Witbank (South Africa) |
| Place of death | Johannesburg (South Africa) |
| Profession or occupation | Trumpet players Musicians Jazz musicians |
| Found in | We are universal [MP] 1971: credits (Hugh Masekela) Perf. arts biog. master index, 1982 (Hugh Masekela; b. 1939; musician) Grazing in the grass, p1977: label (Hugh Masakela) Matshikiza, T. King Kong [SR] 1991?: container (H. Masekela) insert (Hugh Masekela) Grove music online, Sept. 24, 2007: Jazz (Masekela, Hugh (Ramopolo); b. Apr. 4, 1939, Witbank, South Africa; South African trumpeter, flugelhorn player, and singer) BBC News, Hugh Masekela: South Africa's 'Father of Jazz', 23 January 2018, viewed 23 January 2018 (Ramapolo Hugh Masekela; Hugh Ramapolo Masakela (in son's tribute); born 4 April 1939 in KwaGuqa township, 100 km east of Pretoria; began playing trumpet at age 14; followed teacher/mentor Father Trevor Huddleston to London in 1960; married South African singer Miriam Makeba in 1964, divorced two years later but continued to perform together; attended music school in New York; by the 1980s had settled in Botswana; returned to South Africa in 1990; diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008; died January 23, 2018 in Johannesburg) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no 98047198 |
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