Congolese music legend Aurlus Mabélé has died after he was reported to have been infected with Coronavirus. The music star is said to have died in a hospital in the capital city of France Paris, aged 67.
Though there was no reports on him catching the virus, posts on social media from friends and relatives say he died of coronavirus.
His daughter, French singer Liza Monet, tweeted on Thursday that her father had died of coronavirus. “I am inconsolable,” she wrote.
A member of the supergroup Loketo of which he belonged, Mav Cacharel, also wrote on Facebook that he died of coronavirus.
His manager, Jimmy Ouetenou, however, told the BBC that it was not confirmed he died of coronavirus stating that the music icon had long-term health problems.
