Tributes pour in for Fatty Boom Boom

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Tributes pour in for Fatty Boom Boom
IT'S PAINFUL: Friends and family said Tsekeleke was crying like a baby as doctors were busy amputating his right leg. PICTURE BY Drum

Tributes continued to pour in for the Fatty Boom Boom hit-maker, with the hashtag #RIPTsekeleke.


South Africa is mourning the death of Mixon ‘Tsekeleke’ Tholo, the kwaito musician who died on Tuesday this week.

People took to social media to express their shock at the artist’s passing and send condolences to his family.

He was 36 years old.

He died at a hospital in east of Johannesburg on the evening of 1 August 2017.

Tsekeleke had a 10-year battle with sugar diabetes and high-blood pressure, resulting in a sore on the side of his right foot.

The sore wouldn’t heal, with doctors saying that he should have his leg cut.

His friends said he preferred to die than having his leg amputated.

He was admitted at an intensive care unit. Doctors had wanted to amputate his leg because he was now suffering from a disease restricting blood flow to his feet and leg.

Doctors had just completed a third amputation when the Fatty Boom Boom singer breathed his last breath at the hospital.

He rose to fame in the 1990s with his song ‘Fatty Boom Boom’ produced by Mandla ‘Spikiri’ Mofokeng.

(edited by MLM)

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