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Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65 – BBC News


Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah has been remembered as a "titan of British literature" after his death aged 65.

He died early on Thursday with his wife by his side, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago, a statement on his Instagram said.

Zephaniah was born and raised in Birmingham, UK, the son of a Barbadian postman and a Jamaican nurse. He was dyslexic and left school aged 13, unable to read or write.

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