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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 24 Apr 2016

    Congolese singer Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage in Abidjan in Ivory Coast, media reports sayhttp://bbc.in/1puOYDp 

    3:29 AM - 24 Apr 2016
    • 1,053 Retweets
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    • Global News Edgeanomics MGENDI MUSSA Desmond Rush Emmanuel Igunza 板意野屯田兵《千葉修一朗 khalidhossni Ngqabutho Madson Almeida
    94 replies 1,053 retweets 408 likes
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      2. Tony Pollard‏ @ProfTonyPollard 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews some people need to expand their musical horizons.

        5 replies 2 retweets 11 likes
      3. Tony Pollard‏ @ProfTonyPollard 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @ProfTonyPollard

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews For those who have never heard of Papa Wemba. Here he is with Peter Gabriel.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLrp2RiZgzY&feature=youtu.be …

        2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Arrey Obenson‏ @aobenson 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Papa Wemba was a monument in African music. May his Soul rest in peace.

        0 replies 6 retweets 8 likes
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      2. OldNick1495‏ @bignick47 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Sad, but WHO????

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Eric M. Keke‏ @EricKeke 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @bignick47

        @bignick47 can't u read? smh

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. OldNick1495‏ @bignick47 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @EricKeke

        @EricKeke Duh! Never heard of him, that's all, so can't see why BBC needs to issue a breaking bulletin.

        5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. lauren‏ @laurenlauren_x 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @bignick47

        @bignick47 @EricKeke what do you mean "you can't see why BBC needs to issue a breaking bulletin"

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. OldNick1495‏ @bignick47 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @laurenlauren_x

        @laurenlauren_x @EricKeke Simply because hardly anyone will have heard of him

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. LT‏ @longlivepresi_ 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @bignick47

        @bignick47 @laurenlauren_x @EricKeke Pls speak for yourself just because you don't know him doesn't mean others don't

        1 reply 3 retweets 2 likes
      8. OldNick1495‏ @bignick47 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @longlivepresi_

        @Richhomiecody_ @laurenlauren_x @EricKeke I DO speak for myself. That is what mouths and fingers are for.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. LT‏ @longlivepresi_ 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @bignick47

        @bignick47 @laurenlauren_x @EricKeke you said "hardly anyone would have heard of him" which is false, so you can suck your mum X6

        2 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Bantu Holomisa‏ @BantuHolomisa 24 Apr 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @MissMadiba . He will be sadly missed. No African Art history would be completely written without his name. RIP music warrior .

        2 replies 8 retweets 10 likes
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      1. olaniyan olatunbosun‏ @bosman_ng 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @Paul Murphy- you so heartless or you a racist, not even a respect for the dead. So BBC should only tell of the prominent hun?

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      1. Phil Meadley‏ @PhilMeadley1 24 Apr 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews a great singer. RIP

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      2. Andrew Pile‏ @andyp1408 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking er, sorry but who?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. lauren‏ @laurenlauren_x 24 Apr 2016
        Replying to @andyp1408

        @andyp1408 @BBCBreaking do your research.

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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