Benjamin Zephaniah has passed away at the age of 65 weeks after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The dub poet had been diagnosed with a tumour just eight weeks before his death. Born in on April 15 1958, Zephaniah was the son of a Barbadian postman and Jamaican nurse. After being diagnosed with dyslexia at an early age, Zephaniah left school unable to read or write at the age of 13.
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