{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala dies at 78","publication_date":"February 11, 2020","summary":"JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday. Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, Tuesday morning, his family confirmed to local media. He is world-known for his leadership of the choral group founded...","author_name":"By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/02\/0f063ef5c43071992207757b5af206be-2020-02-11T100813Z_1014849041_RC2AYE9I8LVM_RTRMADP_3_SAFRICA-MUSIC-1024x629.jpg","thumbnail_height":629,"thumbnail_width":1024}