Sam Mtukudzi
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Sam Mtukudzi (April 1, 1988 – March 15, 2010) was a Zimbabwean musician. He was the son of legendary Zimbabwean singer Oliver Mtukudzi.
Early life and career
After graduating high school, Sam joined his father on tours playing saxophone and guitar. In Harare, he had his own jazz-influenced band called Ay Band with whom he recorded his debut album, Rume Rimwe, in 2008. Sam, who was widely tapped for greatness, also had recorded two solo albums. The elder Mtukudzi introduced Sam as "the future" to appreciative crowds in a British nightclub in late 2009.[1]
Death
In the early hours of Monday, March 15, 2010, Sam and his sound engineer, Owen Chimhare, died in a car crash while traveling back to Zimbabwe. Their Tata pickup truck, driven by Chimhare, struck a bridge just before the Kuwadzana Extension off-ramp along the Harare-Norton road. The vehicle veered off the road, rammed into the right side of the bridge's guard rails, and ploughed into the river bank below. Inspector Tigere Chigome, a national Traffic Police spokesman, explained in the news that the accident happened at 1:20 AM. Both Mtukudzi and Chimhare died of head injuries at the scene.[2][3]