- Born
- Died
- Birth nameTony Oladipo Allen
- Tony Allen was born on August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was an actor and composer, known for The Last King of Scotland (2006), Pan (2015) and Broken (2012). He was married to Sylvie Nicollet. He died on April 30, 2020 in Paris, France.
- SpouseSylvie Nicollet(1987 - April 30, 2020) (his death, 3 children)
- Pioneering drummer and co-founder of the Afrobeat genre. He was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 in the 1960-70s.
- He taught himself to play drums when he was 18, listening to American jazz drummers Art Blakey and Max Roach.
- Survived by his wife, three sons, four children from an earlier relationship in Nigeria, along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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