PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 08: Amadou and Mariam perform during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Amadou Bagayoko, the singer and guitarist of Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, has died. The musician passed away on Friday (Apr. 4) in his birthplace of Bamako, and Mali’s Minister of Culture Mamou Daffé paid tribute to him in a televised broadcast. A cause of death has not been revealed. He was 70.
