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Veteran actor dies at age 75

───   09:40 Sun, 19 Mar 2017

Veteran actor dies at age 75 | News Article
The late Joe Mafela

Johannesburg - Veteran actor Joe Mafela has died at the age of 75.


The cause of death is unclear, although actress Lillian Dube told eNCA he had been involved in an accident.

Mafela is best known for having starred in local sitcoms 'Sgudi 'Snaysi, Going Up and Madam and Eve, among others. He was also the face of Chicken Licken television commercials in the 1980s and '90s and authored the company's "It's good, good, good, it's good it’s nice" jingle.

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