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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Giorgio Fontana, one of the producers behind BoyzLazzy\u2019s album \u2018The Beginning\u2019, has died in Rwanda. The group announced the sad news on its Facebook Page yesterday saying Fontana has died in Kigali.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiorgio was a fun loving man and he loved music. Him and Rick Olson of Unicef worked day and night to put together BoyzLazzy\u2019s first and only album \u2018The Beginning\u2019,\u201d the group said. The group added that Giorgio produced the hit song MacBully in his Area 10 home studio with his beloved Korg synthesizer.<\/p>\n

BoyzLazzy, a group of five young men \u2013 Dalitso, Jeff, Clif, Wesley and Yohane, took the music industry by storm in the 1990s. The group was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for AIDS awareness. Producers of its only album included Rick Olson, Marvin Hanke and Aklas Chinere.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Giorgio Fontana, one of the producers behind BoyzLazzy\u2019s album \u2018The Beginning\u2019, has died in Rwanda. The group announced the sad news on its Facebook Page yesterday saying Fontana has died in Kigali. \u201cGiorgio was a fun loving man and he loved music. 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