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[[Billy Prince]] (1962-2004). Comedian.
  
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== Biography ==
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He died in February 2004 at the age of 41
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He performed in Cape Town during the Smirnoff Comedy Festival in October 1998.  He was known for his impersonation of Eugene Terre Blanche, the controversial leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging on stage, as well as of other political figures. For a black man to do so required unimaginable courage and enormous comic talent.
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== Sources ==
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''[[Sunday Times]]'', 8 February 2004.
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Revision as of 15:23, 6 September 2019

Billy Prince (1962-2004). Comedian.

Biography

He died in February 2004 at the age of 41

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He performed in Cape Town during the Smirnoff Comedy Festival in October 1998. He was known for his impersonation of Eugene Terre Blanche, the controversial leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging on stage, as well as of other political figures. For a black man to do so required unimaginable courage and enormous comic talent.

Sources

Sunday Times, 8 February 2004.

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