Veteran musician Gabriel Omollo, best known for his zilizopendwa hit ‘Lunchtime’, has died.
Omolo died at Busia County Referral Hospital on Wednesday night after a long illness.
It was unclear what the disease the 83-year-old died of.
Omollo was born and raised at the railway quarters of Muthurwa and later in Makongeni, Nairobi.
He learnt how to play the guitar while at St Peters Claver’s Primary School where he sang in the choir.
The musician’s career took off in the 1960s when he joined the Equator Sound Band alongside Fadhili William, Daudi Kabaka and Nashil Pichen.
In 1974, Omolo became the first Kenyan musician to be awarded an international gold disc after selling 150,000 copies of his ‘Lunchtime’ single.
