Cillian Murphy has paid tribute to his Peaky Blinders co-broad title Benjamin Zephaniah.
The British poet, actor and musician handed away within the early hours of Thursday morning, eight weeks after being identified with a mind tumour. He became as soon as 65.
Reacting to the news, Murphy acknowledged in an announcement, “Benjamin became as soon as a certainly proficient and comely human being – a generational poet, author, musician and activist. A proud Brummie and a Peaky Blinder. I’m so saddened by this news. RIP.”
Zephaniah played the Jamaica-born street preacher Jeremiah ‘Jimmy’ Jesus, a stop pal of Murphy’s lead persona Tommy Shelby, within the BBC drama between 2013 and 2022.
Meanwhile, musician and activist Billy Bragg posted on X/Twitter, “Very sorry to hear this news. Benjamin Zephaniah became as soon as our radical poet laureate. Relaxation in energy, my pal.”
Born in Birmingham to Barbadian and Jamaican of us, Zephaniah usually dealt with themes of social injustice and racism in his literary works, which integrated poems, performs, novels and kid’s books.
The outspoken political activist and dub poet also looked in lots of motion photographs and TV projects and released several albums, comparable to his 1982 debut Rasta.
His household announced the news on social media, writing, “It’s with mountainous sadness and remorse that we stutter the demise of our loved Husband, Son, and Brother within the early hours of this morning. Benjamin’s spouse became as soon as by his aspect throughout and became as soon as with him when he handed. We shared him with the enviornment and we know many would perhaps be panicked and saddened by this news.”