Mr yunupingu biography
Mr yunupingu biography
Mr yunupingu biography death.
Mandawuy Yunupingu
Australian musician (1956–2013)
Mandawuy Yunupingu | |
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Yunupingu performing with Yothu Yindi in 2000 | |
| Born | Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu (1956-09-17)17 September 1956 Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Died | 2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (aged 56) Yirrkala, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Other names | Gudjuk, Dr Yunupingu |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, school principal |
| Years active | 1985–2013 |
| Father | Mungurrawuy Yunupingu |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Aboriginal rock |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, vocals |
| Formerly of | Yothu Yindi |
Musical artist | |
Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun YunupinguAC, formerly Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu, and also known as Dr Yunupingu (17 September 1956 – 2 June 2013), was a teacher and musician, and frontman of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi from 1986.
He was an Aboriginal Australian man of the Yolŋu people, with a skin name of Gudjuk.
Yunupingu was a singer-songwriter and guit