Benjamin Zephaniah has died at the age of 65 eight weeks after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour, his family announced today. He played Jeremiah Jesus on the famous BBC gangster epic Peaky Blinder.
Peaky Blinders star Benjamin Zephaniah left an estate worth more than £1.3million to his wife when he died aged 65.
Zephaniah, an acclaimed poet and writer, had been diagnosed with a brain tumour weeks before he passed away in December last year His early work used dub poetry, a Jamaican style of work that has evolved into the music genre of the same name, and he would also perform with the group The Benjamin Zephaniah Band.
Zephaniah appeared in Peaky Blinders between 2013 and 2022 and played Jeremiah 'Jimmy' Jesus in 14 episodes across the six series. Zephaniah famously rejected an OBE in 2003 due to the association of such an honour with the British Empire and its history of slavery. Fans of the poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah had been asked to plant flowers or trees and name them in his memory A statement from his family after his death said: 'Benjamin was a true pioneer and innovator. He gave the world so much.
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