Dance with the angels! John De Mathew's last performance minutes before his death

Piece by: Caren Nyota
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Tributes continue to pour in for legendary singer John De Mathew. He died on Sunday night after his car rammed into a lorry near Blue Post Hotel.

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The renowned Kikuyu Benga musician was on his way home after attending a fundraiser at Metro Bar organized by his fellow artiste Peter Kigia.

A video of John De Mathew's last live performance on Saturday, August 17 has emerged and he was in a jovial mood.

He was singing and dancing along to one of his hit songs together with his band. Below is the video

Many used to refer to De Mathew as a prophet because of the message his songs carried.

Reactions from Kenyans include;

Maina wa Kahiga When De'Mathew was holding his homecoming event recently, he did not know it was a bid to say goodbye to his fans who are all over the world. May his soul rest in peace. This is a great lose to the GEMA community. John De'mathew, you will surely be remembered for what you did to this great community. You were a prophet to us.

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Mike Sonko  A road accident has taken the life of the best musician of our time,John De'Mathhew.

Rest in Peace.RIP

And to you my people May God Almighty Always Protect You and your Families wherever you are.. Hatujui siku yetu ni lini. Sisi sote na urembo wetu, utajiri ama umaskini wetu, power yetu, drama zetu etc. ni maiti watarajiwa or maiti in waiting coz we must one day die

A road accident has taken the life of the best musician of our time,John De'Mathhew.

Rest in Peace.RIP

And to you my people May God Almighty Always Protect You and your Families wherever you are.. Hatujui siku yetu ni lini. Sisi sote na urembo wetu, utajiri ama umaskini wetu, power yetu, drama zetu etc. ni maiti watarajiwa or maiti in waiting coz we must one day die

Ngugi KJ RIP in peace baba shiku, wht a sad day in Kenya...... Our prophet ameenda n the bst musician to hav existed in mt Kenya region, u might have gone bt ua legacy lives on. You've been busy traversing the mountain region little did we know uwa jst waving us goodbye as u bow out.

Peris Njuguna Kihoria unbelievable, rest in peace son of the soil. we loved u so much