South African singer Miriam Makeba dies in Italy
South African singer Miriam Makeba has died aged 76 in Italy, her publicist told a local radio station on Monday.
South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, also known as ``Mama Africa,'' died Sunday of heart attack at the age of 76, after taking part in a concert near Naples on behalf of an Italian writer, Roberto Saviano, who has received death threats after writing an expose of the Italian mafia.