Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian singer
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Place of Birth: Elcho Island, Northern Territory, Australia
About Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
- Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 January 1971 – 25 July 2017), also referred to since his death as Dr G Yunupingu, was an Indigenous Australian musician.
- A multi-instrumentalist, he played drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed) and didgeridoo, but it was the clarity of his singing voice that attracted rave reviews.
- He sang stories of his land both in Yol?u languages such as Gaalpu, Gumatj or Djambarrpuynu, a dialect related to Gumatj, and in English.
- Although his solo career brought him wider acclaim, he was also formerly a member of Yothu Yindi, and later Saltwater Band.
- He was the most commercially successful Aboriginal Australian musician at the time of his death.
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