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	Brenda Fassie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brenda Fassie (November 3, 1964 – May 9, 2004), a South African pop singer, was widely considered the voice for disenfranchised fls during apartheid.
		Brenda was born in Langa, Cape Town as the youngest of 9 children.
		Brenda died at age 39 on 9 May 2004 in hospital without returning to consciousness after her life support machines were turned off.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brenda_Fassie (493 words)

	Features
		Brenda herself, in characteristic openness and honesty soon confirmed rumours that she was a drug-addict and a lesbian.
		Brenda and she had rented a room in a hotel in the area, where they would free-base and binge on cocaine.
		This time Brenda was in the news again with claims that he was a con-man who was only after her money, and that her son Bongani, now 14, was the person who had warned her against marrying Landile.
	www.nationaudio.com /96-4NATION/feature13.htm (1078 words)

	Brenda Fassie, Township Madonna - SouthAfrica.info
		Brenda Fassie, South Africa's undisputed queen of pop, will be buried at her birthplace in Langa, Cape Town on Sunday.
		Fassie was the best-known - and arguably most controversial - figure in South African township pop, scoring a huge hit in 1983 with her debut maxi single "Weekend Special", recorded with her band The Big Dudes, before embarking on two decades of hard living that put The Rolling Stones to shame.
		At the same time, Fassie remained a central figure in the development of township pop, as her music shifted from the "bubblegum" of the 1980s to the edges of the dominant kwaito style of the late 1990s.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/news/brendafassie.htm (1104 words)

	GMax - Entertainment news: Brenda Fassie: South African 'Township Madonna'
		JOHANNESBURG — South African pop star Brenda Fassie, who died Sunday at age 39, was a daring and brash singer known as much for her energetic onstage performances as for her colorful life away from the microphone.
		Fassie, adored by millions throughout South Africa and beyond, was nicknamed the "Madonna of the townships", in allusion to the equally controversial and creative American singer.
		Fassie, with characteristic openess, said she was a drug addict and bisexual – a social taboo in South Africa's townships – her reputation started to spiral downwards.
	www.gmax.co.za /feel04/05/10-bfassie1.html (659 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Brenda Fassie, 39, singer, antiapartheid voice
		Fassie never forgot her roots and was a popular and frequent visitor in poverty-stricken neighborhoods across Johannesburg.
		Fassie's career before a dramatic comeback that saw her honored at the South African Music Awards for having the best-selling release for four consecutive years.
		Fassie -- prophetically named after 1950s pop singer Brenda Lee -- was a bubbly girl who was always singing and dancing to entertain family or at talent shows, her family recalls.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/05/13/brenda_fassie_39_singer_antiapartheid_voice (478 words)

	Brenda Fassie - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Brenda Fassie (November 3, 1964–May 9, 2004), a South African pop singer, was widely considered the voice for the disenfranchised fls during apartheid.
		With very outspoken views and frequent visits to the poorer townships of Johannesburg, as well as songs about life in the townships, she enjoyed tremendous popularity.
		Known best for her songs "Weekend Special" and "Too Late for Mama", she was called by Time Magazine in 2001 "The Madonna of the Townships" Fassie died at age 39 on 9 May 2004, of an asthma attack in Cape Town.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /brenda_fassie.htm (133 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Brenda Fassie dies
		Fassie has been in a coma at the hospital since she was admitted on April 26 after suffering an asthma attack which led to cardio-respiratory arrest.
		Fassie, also known as "the girl with the golden voice", "South Africa's queen of pop" and "undisputed queen of the vocals", was at the forefront of fl South African popular music for 20 years.
		Brenda was found lying next to her in a drug-induced stupor.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/321308.htm (822 words)

	entertainment.iafrica.com \| news South Africa mourns Brenda Fassie
		Fassie died on Sunday in a Johannesburg hospital two weeks after an asthma attack caused cardiac arrest and left her in a coma.
		Fassie, a Xhosa born in the Langa township of Cape Town in 1964, was equally famous for her piercing voice and her wild child image, admitting publicly to drug abuse and numerous love affairs with both sexes.
		Fassie's family on Friday issued a statement announcing that her condition was deteriorating and that doctors did not hold out any hope for her.
	entertainment.iafrica.com /news/321425.htm (516 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
		WHEN globally renowned Time magazine chose to showcase Brenda Fassie in a three page spread in its December 17th edition 2001, it was confirmation once and for all of the singer’s status as an authentic and lasting icon for the globe.
		Reluctant to interfere with her schooling, Kaloi (with Sarah Fassie’s permission) took the young singer to live with his family in the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto with the idea that Brenda would complete her studies and then pursue a singing career.
		Brenda’s live appeal continues to gather momentum and she regularly performs throughout Africa (where she is immensely popular) and recently undertook a multidate American tour.
	www.music.org.za /artist.asp?id=166 (1553 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Brenda Fassie: A very human hero
		Her career was studded with record sales and awards, but punctuated also by periodic scandals, recurring battles with drug addiction, and lows in her musical career that saw her written off by the press.
		Fassie made good on her promise, shooting to fame in the early 1980s with the best-selling bubble-gum pop hit, Weekend Special, as Brenda and the Dudes.
		As her family sat in vigil around her bedside, fans besieged the clinic and Fassie was visited by former President Nelson Mandela, his former wife Winnie, and current President Thabo Mbeki.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/3700309.stm (629 words)

	Cape Argus - Soccer shifts Brenda Fassie funeral again
		Brenda Fassie's funeral been rescheduled for a second time because it again clashes with a major soccer event.
		Fassie's brother Temba said they expected "well in excess" of 20 000 people to attend the funeral at Langa Stadium, a few kilometres from Athlone Stadium, and soccer officials said they expected a capacity crowd of 18 000 to attend the game.
		Fassie died in her sleep on May 9 at the Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg.
	capeargus.co.za /index.php?fArticleId=2083328 (693 words)

	IOL: Brenda Fassie died without life insurance
		Brenda Fassie's desperate applications to secure millions in life insurance, which would now have been payable to her struggling family, were turned down by insurance companies who cited her torrid lifestyle of crack cocaine and alcohol abuse for the refusal.
		Fassie, whose performing career had spanned over two decades, was laid to rest in her home town of Langa on the Cape Flats.
		Fassie's record company, EMI, confirmed they had tried on several occasions to secure life insurance on behalf of Fassie, but she had been turned down because of her lifestyle and history of crack cocaine abuse.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20040703093944409C763000 (607 words)

	BRENDA FASSIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		She is undoubtedly the most popular performer in the land with one of the best voices in Africa and has fittingly been dubbed "The girl with the golden voice".
		Brenda regularly performs throughout Africa where she has a better reception than even Nelson Mandela and Michael Jackson put together.
		The band Brenda and the Big Dudes, which catapulted her into fame, was formed.
	www.aboutentertainment.co.za /database/brenda_f.htm (328 words)

	Brenda Fassie, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Born in 1964 in the small village of Langa, Cape Town, Brenda Fassie came from a musical family and began singing early, forming her first singing group at the age of four.
		The nadir of her excess came in 1995 when Fassie was found in a drugged haze next to the dead body of her girlfriend.
		In May of 2004, Fassie suffered a sever asthma attack that triggered cardiac arrest forcing her to be hospitalized.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10560/10560012.html (390 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Brenda Fassie
		Brenda Fassie, who has died aged 39, was South Africa's first fl pop star, selling millions of albums during a two-decade career.
		Fassie was the youngest of nine children, born into a desperately poor family in the Cape Town township of Langa.
		By the age of four, Brenda, named after the US country singer Brenda Lee, was performing at church events, accompanied by her mother on the piano.
	www.guardian.co.uk /southafrica/story/0,13262,1213906,00.html (740 words)

	TIME.com - Africa
		Fassie is the protagonist of countless tabloid stories involving drug use, bisexuality and tantrums of diva proportions (one local paper even reprinted—verbatim—an interview with Madonna, replacing her name with Fassie's).
		But when she returned to her table, Fassie abruptly hurled obscenities at a tabloid reporter who was sitting nearby, calling him "a homosexual who sleeps with men to get stories." Later, as a rival performer did a TV interview, she snatched away the microphone.
		Fassie, 36, is doing so well because while such younger kwaito acts as Arthur Mafokate create dance-party standards, her lyrics address more complex themes dealing with African culture and life.
	www.time.com /time/musicgoesglobal/africa/mfassie.html (1036 words)

	entertainment.iafrica.com \| features Hamba Kahle, dancing queen
		South African pop star Brenda Fassie, who died on Sunday at age 39, was a daring and brash singer known as much for her energetic onstage performances as for her colourful life away from the microphone.
		Fassie, adored by millions throughout South Africa and beyond, was nicknamed the "Madonna of the townships", an allusion to the equally controversial and creative American singer.
		Fassie, with characteristic openess, said she was a drug addict and bisexual — a social taboo in South Africa's townships — her reputation started to spiral downwards.
	entertainment.iafrica.com /features/321431.htm (819 words)

	Brenda Fassie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town.
		The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her mother's accompaniment at a very young age, and already at the age of five, she had tourists paying to hear her sing.
		Brenda went to live with Lebona's family in Soweto, where she was supposed to finish school before beginning a music career.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/fassie-b.htm (728 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Mandela visits Brenda Fassie
		Fassie remained in a stable condition, but in a coma, her recording company EMI said on Wednesday.
		Spokesperson Leslie Sedibe said Fassie remained "neurologically unchanged", and her blood pressure was normal.
		Fassie was hospitalised on Monday last week following an asthma attack which led to cardio-respiratory arrest.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/320487.htm (354 words)

	DeathList Forum -> Brenda Fassie
		I know who Brenda Fassie is, and I was very sad to hear of her death.
		For anyone who has visited or lived in Africa, Brenda was one of the most heard singers on the airwaves, and she was one of the few African singers who was loved not just within her country, but across the country.
		Fassie was only famous in southern Africa, in which can we have both at the same time.
	www.deathlist.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=215 (790 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news SA pop icon's condition 'worsening'
		South African pop icon Brenda Fassie's condition has become worse since her admission at the Sunninghill Hospital late last month, her family said on Friday.
		Fassie has been in a coma at the Sunninghill Hospital since April 26 after suffering an asthma attack which led to cardiorespiratory arrest.
		Called the "Madonna of the townships," Fassie is admired for her golden voice.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/321081.htm (341 words)

	Brenda Fassie in near-death drama
		Fassie was taken to hospital on Monday morning after suffering a severe asthma attack which her family and doctors feared might have caused her permanent brain damage.
		Fassie's brother Themba told The Star how, shortly after waking up, the singer started complaining that she could not breathe properly.
		Snyman said that when he received the call from Fassie's brother, he knew it spelt trouble as he was aware the singer had been battling asthma for years.
	www.namibian.com.na /2004/april/world/043BD2E15F.html (291 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Brenda Fassie breathing on her own
		Pop diva Brenda Fassie was in a stable condition and breathing on her own by Tuesday night but remained in a coma, her brother Boyce Fiyo said.
		"Brenda has not yet woken up but she is in a stable condition and all her body parts are functioning.
		On Tuesday afternoon, her recording company, EMI, said in a statement Fassie's condition remained "neurologically unchanged", and doctors at the Sunninghill hospital were still studying brain scans and could give no new information.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/320166.htm (259 words)

	Brenda Fassie's Strange Taylor Song of Praise
		South African award winning musician Brenda Fassie, in Liberia for public performances and to sing on President Charles Taylor's 4th wedding anniversary, is reported to have paid tribute to the warlord turned president for the manner in which he is taking care of people.
		Fassie, pouring lavish praises on the Liberian dictator, said that she was elated to be in his company.
		Fassie, by her reported remarks, has just joined them in words, which is at times more devastating than joining in the commission of heinous acts.
	www.theperspective.org /fassie.html (601 words)

	Brenda Fassie: The Township Madonna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Brenda, the Mother, Aunt, sister and daughter of Africa you surely be missed for your good music may your soul rest in peace.
		Brenda you were such an inspirational singer and your brought pride to the whole Southern part of Africa.
		Brenda, even though you are gone your music will live on and continue inspiring many people in the generations to come.
	www.zamnet.zm /message-fassie.html (2344 words)

	'Brenda Fassie's cocaine was laced with rat poison' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Snyman and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a friend of Fassie, are to ask the police to question a young woman who visited her at her home in Sandton on April 25.
		The next morning Fassie had an asthma attack and was rushed to the Sunninghill Clinic in Johannesburg.
		A drug dealer visited Fassie - who was in drug rehabilitation clinics 30 times - while she was in hospital, the newspaper said.
	www.namibian.com.na /2004/may/world/04433B5193.html (389 words)

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