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December 14, 2017

Haiti's Beloved Troubadour Emmanuel "Manno" Charlemagne Dies at 69
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And Haiti's beloved folk singer and troubadour Emmanuel "Manno"
Charlemagne has died in a Miami Beach hospital at the age of 69. Through
his music, Charlemagne helped inspire a generation of Haitians to rebel
against longtime dictator François Duvalier. He was often called the
Haitian Bob Marley. He briefly served as mayor of Port-au-Prince in the
1990s.


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