Beloved singer Michael Benjamin, finest identified by his stage identify Mikaben, died after collapsing throughout his Paris gig over the weekend. He was 41.
The Haitian musician was performing along with his band CaRiMi when he abruptly felt faint and collapsed in entrance of the viewers at Accor Area, which inserts simply over 20,000 individuals.
His official explanation for demise stays unknown right now. In line with The Guardian, he might have suffered a coronary heart assault or cardiac arrest.
Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, confirmed the information of Mikaben’s passing on Twitter Saturday.
“I’m devastated by the information of the sudden demise of the younger and really proficient artist Michael Benjamin ‘Mikaben’. It’s a nice reference of Haitian music which has simply handed away,” he tweeted in French.
“The nation and the Haitian youth have misplaced a fantastic soul. I prolong my condolences to his household, mates, and the music group as an entire.”
Accor Area, the venue at which Mikaben was performing, confirmed the unhappy information on Twitter the next day.
“Final evening through the Carimi live performance, one of many singers, Michael Benjamin, Mikaben of his artist identify died following a malaise on stage and regardless of the intervention of the emergency providers,” the account tweeted in French.
“The entire staff at Accor Area is extremely affected and sends all of its assist to his household and family members throughout this painful time. Our ideas additionally exit to Claude Cyndecki, his producer, in addition to to his followers, who’re shocked by this sudden demise.”
Simply moments after Mikaben’s collapse on stage, singer Mickael Guirand reportedly requested everybody within the viewers to go away.
“Finish of the live performance. We should evacuate the room,” Guirand stated, in accordance with the Miami Herald. “It’s very difficult. We’d like prayers [for Mikaben].”
Mikaben’s devastated spouse, Vanessa Benjamin, thanked followers for his or her prayers shortly after his demise, and requested family members to “please cease calling.”
“I’m in no situation to speak,” Benjamin wrote on Instagram. “I misplaced my different half and I’ve no phrases.”
Benjamin, who married the singer in 2020, is presently pregnant with their third baby.
“Oh [my God], Heavenly Father, I do know you don’t make errors and also you gained’t give us what we will’t [bear] however…this ache could be very heavy,” she wrote in a follow-up post. “Assist me please oh merciful Lord.”
Sharing a clip of the pair dancing collectively, Benjamin wrote, “My candy love, How did God handle to be with out you for 41 years?????”
Mikaben is survived by his spouse and two youngsters — son Gabriel Benjamin and daughter Leïa Benjamin, in addition to a 3rd baby on the way in which.
