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Fitting send-off for Bacardi icon DJ Pencil

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IT WAS in March 2015 – on a Sunday morning – after Sammy Moripe was involved in a car accident that he discovered he had cancer.

This was revealed at an emotional memorial service and flower drop-off for the Pretoria-based Bacardi musician, known as DJ Pencil, on Thursday at the Mbolekwa Hall in Atteridgeville.

He died last Friday at Kalafong Hospital, where he was receiving treatment following his battle with cancer.

At the memorial service, broadcast

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