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Tony Allen
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Overview
Born
August 12
,
1940
·
Lagos, Nigeria
Died
April 30
,
2020
·
Paris, France
(heart attack)
Birth name
Tony Oladipo Allen
Mini Bio
Tony Allen was born on August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was an actor and composer, known for
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
,
Pan (2015)
and
Broken (2012)
. He was married to Sylvie Nicollet. He died on April 30, 2020 in Paris, France.
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Spouse
Sylvie Nicollet
(1987 - April 30, 2020) (his death, 3 children)
Trivia
Pioneering drummer and co-founder of the Afrobeat genre. He was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 in the 1960-70s.
He taught himself to play drums when he was 18, listening to American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach.
Survived by his wife, three sons, four children from an earlier relationship in Nigeria, along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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