Benjamin Zephaniah RIP

[Mumbles274]

Sad news

 

[DotCommunist]

sad to hear this.

 

[a_chap]

Bloody hell

 

[Pickman's model]

oh no very sad news

 

[marty21]

very sad news

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Noo so very sad to hear this

 

[Dr. Furface]

'Shocked and saddened' indeed. RIP

 

[danny la rouge]

That’s a complete shock. Very sad news.

 

[Karl Masks]

Oh no

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Oh that's so sad

 

[Ax^]

oh

amazed it not getting more news he was all over the BBC and major sporting events for years

along side all the other work he was produced

 

[Elpenor]

Oh no that’s terrible

 

[two sheds]

Lovely man

 

[ddraig]

Nooooo! Ah
had hoped to see them again
RIP

 

[nino_savatte]

I'm so sorry to hear about this. What terrible news. I met Benjamin Zephaniah when I was working at the Hackney Empire over 30 years ago.

 

[Voley]

Ah no, I really liked him. RIP.

 

[[62]]

Oh blimey. I read his autobiography earlier in the year. Christ, you just don't know what's around the corner...

 

[t0bytoo]

I read his book too and thought it was great. Very sad news.

 

[teqniq]

RIP

 

[Cloo]

Oh no - a great guy who did a lot for poetry.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Shit news.

 

[baldrick]

Oh no. I'm really gutted.

I used to work on the street he lived on as a kid during his days in Birmingham and often wondered what it was like back then.

Like others I loved his autobiography - it was fascinating. This is really sad horrible news.

 

[A380]

Terrible news.

 

[RoyReed]

Such sad news.

 

[skyscraper101]

Damn, that’s sad news

 

[kalidarkone]

OMG

 

[bluescreen]

A terrible loss. He was an inspiration to so many.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[xenon]

Benjamin Zephaniah: Writer and poet dies aged 65

A statement posted on his Instagram account said he was diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago.

www.bbc.co.uk

Only 65. RIP

 

[Fedayn]

Aaaah such shite news.