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A look back: The big names that left us in 2018

Influential people who exited the stage included musicians, politicians and business people. [File, Standard]

Gabriel Omollo, the veteran Zilizopendwa musician remembered for the Lunch Time hit song, died on January 3 aged 79 years.

Omollo, who died at the Busia District Hospital, had also played a big part in the composition of the hit song Pole Musa composed by Peter Tsoti and his contemporaries who included the legendary Daudi Kabaka and Fadhili Williams.

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