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La Compagnie Créole Founding Drummer-Singer Guy Bévert Dies at 76

The band says it will carry on in his memory following his 2021 stroke.

Overview

  • The group announced his death on Facebook on December 6, saying he died in the night of December 3 to 4.
  • Bévert, from Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe, was 76 years old.
  • He co-founded La Compagnie Créole in 1975 and later stepped from the drum kit to the microphone.
  • He withdrew from performing after a severe stroke in 2021.
  • The band plans to continue performing, including a December 18 Christmas gala in Chartres, following the 2023 death of co-founder José Sébéloué.