Siva Choy, writer of 'Why U So Like Dat?', dies aged 70


Singaporean comedian Siva Choy die in Perth on March 4, 2018, after suffering two strokes. He was 70.

SINGAPORE: Veteran home-grown blues musician and funnyman Siva Choy, known for penning the 1991 Singlish rap classic Why U So Like Dat?, has died. He was 70.

He died on Sunday afternoon (March 4) after suffering two strokes that left him in a coma for two days in Perth, Australia, where he had been based since the 1990s with his wife, Ilsa Sharp. The couple have no children.

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