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==Personal life and death== From 1964 to 1966 Masekela was married to singer and activist [[Miriam Makeba]].<ref name="TG"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/11/miriam-makeba-obituary|title=Obituary: Miriam Makeba|first=Graeme|last=Ewens|date=11 November 2008|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> He had subsequent marriages to Chris Calloway (daughter of [[Cab Calloway]]), Jabu Mbatha, and Elinam Cofie.<ref name=guardian /> During the last few years of his life, he lived with the dancer [[Nomsa Manaka]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Bra Hugh's last love, Nomsa Manaka : 'He was the most amazing person' | date=29 January 2018 | first=Kyle |last=Zeeman | work=Times Live | url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2018-01-29-bra-hughs-last-love-nomsa-manaka-he-was-the-most-amazing-person/ |access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> He was the father of American television host [[Selema Masekela]].<ref name="thelunchboxfund.org"/> Poet, educator, and activist [[Barbara Masekela]] is his younger sister.<ref>[https://www.news24.com/Archives/City-Press/Hugh-Masekela-Im-still-a-work-in-progress-20150429 "Hugh Masekela: Iβm still a work in progress"], News24.com, 10 September 2014.</ref> Masekela died in [[Johannesburg]] on the early morning of 23 January 2018 from [[prostate cancer]], aged 78.<ref name="BBC 23 Jan 2019" /><ref name="TG">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/23/hugh-masekela-south-african-jazz-trumpeter-dies-aged-78|title=Hugh Masekela, South African jazz trumpeter, dies aged 78|newspaper=The Guardian|date=23 January 2018|author=Burke, Jason}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hughmasekela.co.za/news/family-statement|title=Family Statement β HUGH MASEKELA|website=hughmasekela.co.za|date=23 January 2018 |access-date=24 January 2018}}</ref>
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