| Yothu Yindi lead singer Yunupingu has died overnight at his home in the Northern Territory. The former Australian of the Year, who was 56, died at his home in Yirrkala in Eastern Arnhem Land. He had been fighting kidney disease for several years. Yunupingu brought his local people, the Yolngu people, and Indigenous issues to a national stage with his musical career.
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Yunupingu was the first Indigenous Australian from Arnhem Land to gain a university degree. Became Australia's first Aboriginal principal in 1990. Named Australian of the Year in 1992.
Koniecznie posłuchaj przeboju "Treaty", Song of the Year 1991. | 
