Robbie Malinga’s family speak out about what he died from and his final moments
The memorial will take place on Friday afternoon at Grace Bible Church at 12:30 pm while the funeral will take place on Tuesday at Rhema Bible Church at 8 am.
Robbie Malinga during the announcement of the nominees for the 15th Metro FM Music Awards on January 15, 2016 at The Campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The radio station announced that this year’s award winners will walk away with R100 000 each, an initiative introduced to help change the lives of South African artists. (Photo by Gallo Images / Daily Sun / Jan Right)
The hitmaker was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June.
Malinga’s family have held a press conference to clarify what he died from.
The singer and producer had succumbed to pancreatic cancer which was at stage 4. He died on Christmas day after battling the illness for six months. Malinga had also suffered from anemia.
“The sickness actually paralysed him because he couldn’t walk anymore and move anymore. During the last days he couldn’t even speak clearly anymore,” said Bheki Malinga, family spokesperson and brother of the late star.
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