Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson, born in Buguma in present-day Rivers State on 4 March 1938, was one of the best-known highlife musicians of 1960s Nigeria. His song "Sawale" is still remixed. He died in a car crash on the Asaba to Benin road on 16 January 1971, aged 32.
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