20 SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION DE BRA G E LBART | CONTRI BUTI NG WRITER JOHNNY CLEGG “THE WHITE ZULU” The World Lost A Uniting Voice Legacy Heroes

SEENA MAGOWITZ FOUNDATION 21 Legacy Heroes Johnny Clegg was a beloved song-writer, musician, singer and social justice activist in South Africa — he is often credited with helping to crush apartheid in South Africa. He had the ability to unite people across the races. Because of this, he made an indelible mark in the music industry and the hearts of the people around the world. His fans knew him primarily as a prolific singer-songwriter of music that combines South African Zulu-inspired sounds with African pop. He is often called the “White Zulu.” A DIFFICULT DIAGNOSIS Clegg was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April of 2015. He was a lightning bolt of optimism and sage advice as he continued to entertain audiences around the world. “Everyone battling pancreatic cancer has to have ‘inkani yempilo,’ Zulu for ‘the stubborn determination to live,’” said Johnny, who had lived in South Africa since the mid-1960s. RELISHING CAMARADERIE When he traveled from his home in Johannesburg, South Africa to attend the 16th Annual Seena Ma - gowitz Foundation Annual Golf Classic for the first time (held in Boston in 2018), Clegg was delighted to find that other pancreatic cancer warriors have the same stubborn determination to survive that he had. But he was also fascinated that each has their own story. “I really appreciate the opportunity to meet them and talk to them and share their experiences and get an idea of their struggle,” he said during an interview at the Boston event. “The struggle is very personal and at times a lonely thing, even if your family is there with you. Because you’re the guy who’s got it.” HONESTY AND AUTHENTICITY Johnny was upfront with his fans about his health challenges. “I made a decision to post my condition on my Facebook fan page and just give a history,” he said. “It’s a desire to say, look, this has happened to me — I’m not special. This is the cancer lottery. I mean, it just happens. It’s a random thing that’s happened, right? I’ve had to cancel some of my tours while I went through chemo. That’s why I’m not around. I had kept silent until then and I thought, it’s not real. I want to be real.” WE SADLY LOST JOHNNY CLEGG TO PANCREATIC CANCER ON JULY 16, 2019 AFTER A FOUR-YEAR BATTLE AGAINST THE DISEASE.