Not sure how well known he was in Britain but its just been annouced that saxophoniste Manu Dibango has died of the coronavirus, see https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/03/24/le-saxophoniste-manu...
& an example of his playing youtube.com/watch?v=S50-naTOA3M&
Shit.
He was brilliant.