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And Finally Artist News
Lou Bega is not dead
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 30 October 2013
Phew. For a moment there I thought the world of music had lost two of its most treasured Lou men in the same week. But good news people, Lou Bega isn’t dead.
But that apparently hasn’t stopped a group of people who [a] remember that the man who sang ‘Mambo No 5’ was called Lou Bega, and [b] read a misprint in a newspaper report of Lou Reed’s death last weekend, from paying tribute to the not at all late German musician.
Confirming that one as yet unidentified journalist had got their musical Lou’s mixed up on Monday, Bega wrote on Facebook earlier this week: “RIP Lou Reed, the genius who took walks on the wild side. PS: I have been receiving tons of condolences because of a journalist confusing our identities”.
So, glad that’s settled. Though I’m still looking for the “collaboration with Lulu” the Metro noted had been a feature of the latter part of Reed’s career in its report on his death at the start of the week.
