Benjamin Zephaniah (English Wikipedia)

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Armatrading, Joan [@ArmatradingJoan] (7 December 2023). "I am in shock. Benjamin Zephaniah has died age 65. What a thoughtful, kind and caring man he was. The world has lost a poet, an intellectual and a cultural revolutionary. I have lost a great friend" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via Twitter.
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