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British poet, musician and actor Benjamin Zephaniah, known for fighting racism and social injustice, has died at the age of 65, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his family said on Thursday.
Peaky Blinders star and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, who played Jeremiah Jesus, has died aged 65 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour
Benjamin Zephaniah – who has died today, after a short illness – did more to change the face of British poetry than any writer of the past 50 years. When he started out in the late 1970s, the man on the street had never heard of “performance poetry”. Today, stars in the spoken word scene he helped to build can attract crowds of thousands – and that’s largely down to him.
Benjamin Zephaniah, a poet and writer who appeared in the Netflix series 'Peaky Blinders,' has died. He was 65. His 'Peaky Blinders' family paid tribute on Thursday.
Zephaniah, who performed at the Hong Kong Literary Festival in 2011, was known for fighting racism and social injustice. He died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his family said on Thursday.