ZBC news drummer Douglas Vambe has died

ZBC news beat drummer Douglas Vambe has passed away, a family member has confirmed.

Vambe, who popularised the  Zimbabwe Mbende /Jerusalem sound passed on at midnight at Parirenyatwa Hosporal Ward C4 .He had been on life support for the whole week.

His wife and daughter are in the United Kingdom and are expected back on Thursday, according to the family member who chose to remain anonymous.

He was 77.

Vambe had not received a cent since the drumbeat was recorded at the then Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation studios at Mbare in 1962. It has been on the airwaves since then.

Efforts by Vambe to engage authorities at the Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation and later the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation for royalties failed and  he eventually got a farm in 2011.

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