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Gurrumul
1971–2017
About Gurrumul
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Yolngu singer from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, blind from birth. His 2008 self-titled debut sold over 500,000 copies and made Yolngu-Matha-language ballads a mainstream Australian success. Sting, Elton John, and Mark Knopfler all cited him as one of the great voices of his generation. He died in 2017 at 46.