Carimi fans were left in shock this Saturday night at the Accor Arena.
Invited to the concert of the Haitian formation, the singer Michael Benjamin alias Mikaben collapsed on stage victim of a heart attack.
Despite the intervention of the emergency services, he could not be revived.
He died at the age of 41.
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The entire Accor Arena team is terribly affected and sends all its support to his family and loved ones in this painful ordeal
", published this Sunday morning the Accor Arena on Twitter.
Present in the room, the journalist Frantz Duval, published a poignant message during the night: "
This 15-10-22 Accor Arena concert of the reunion of Carimi in Paris presented itself as the highlight of the year and even of the Haitian music history.
With the death on stage of Mikaben, it is Michael Benjamin who goes down in history.
Mika gave everything to the music”.
"
The concert ended abruptly when Mickael Guirand came to announce that we had to evacuate the room
," he said.
Before adding: “
At that time, people fainted in the room.
The public understands that the rescuers called a few minutes before were trying to save the life of the singer.
An hour later, despite all attempts to revive him, Michael Benjamin was pronounced dead.
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Mikaben celebrated, in front of 10,000 fans, the reunion of Carimi.
Six years after their separation, the three members of the Haitian formation Carlo Vieux, Richard Cavé and Mickael Guirand, found themselves on the stage of the Accor Arena for a unique concert celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the legendary kompa music group.
It was after performing his iconic songs, including
Ou pati
, that Mikaben collapsed on stage.
To never get up.