Collins Enebeli who is music producer, Don Jazzy's father, took to his
Facebook wall to share a word of advise to artists and managers
following the sudden death of Congolese legendary singer, Papa Wemba. He
wrote;
"The sad news of the death of Papa Wemba is a wake up call for artists
and their managers to see reason why promoters and event organisers need
the services of healthcare service providers for artists while on
engagement for their events to avoid preventable fatalities as this.
Most artists due to their busy schedules are known
not to be paying enough attention to their health and listening to their
bodies which may have been under pressure and stretched to breaking
point without them knowing it. Artiste managers need to insist that the
services of a trained health personnel who specialises in handling
celebrities is factored into their performance contract to ensure that
artists are well monitored and looked after when on professional
engagement anywhere in the world.
That way, risks such as this will be
detected early enough and efforts made to seek help before it is too
late. In the past, The King of soul music James Brown died while on a
series of shows lined up for him. The same thing happened to the King of
pop Michael Jackson who died while also under pressure from
preparations for his mother of all shows 'This is it'. We are yet to
recover from the shocking news of the demise of the purple rain crooner
Prince earlier this week and now it is our own dear Papa Wemba. This is
the reason we must all see the need to engage the services of
professionals like Vickie Roberts Hospitality services who had been a
veteran advocate for our artistes to be given good health care checks
and having standby health personnel when they are on duty call anywhere
in the world. Like John the Baptist, she has been lending her voice to
this call and this might just be one more last call for us to save the
lives of our stars by doing the right thing as a stitch in time saves
nine. May the soul of Papa Wemba rest in perfect peace".
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