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Roger Whittaker, artist behind 'My Land Is Kenya' song dies at 87

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Roger Whittaker has died at the age of 87.

Kenyan-born British folk and country singer, Roger Whittaker has died at the age of 87.

He was born in Nairobi, in 1936, although his parents were from Staffordshire, England.

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