Reggae Icon Lucky Dube Killed

Reggae singer Lucky Dube was killed by a gang of armed men in an attempted carjacking in South Africa.

Dube was reportely dropping his two teenage children off Thursday night at his brother’s house in the suburbs of Johannesburg suburb of Rosettenville when he was shot and killed, allAfrica.com reported Friday.

His children were not physically harmed.

The gunmen fled the scene and no arrests have been made.

The singer recorded more than 20 albums and won more than 20 local and international awards during the course of his career.

Dube’s fellow musician, Abigail Kubeka, told the Mail and Guardian Online: A humble person like Lucky Dube dying in this way is very alarming. The death of (a) musician who preached peace and goodwill through his music has devastated me.

Ivor Haarburger, chief executive officer of Gallo Records South Africa, said the whole company is in shock over Dube’s death.

I toured with him and we became good friends. I know his family as well and Lucky was the most organized and decent person and it’s a shock. I’ve been getting calls from everywhere, Colorado, Rwanda. … He was a huge star, Haarburger said.