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Philip Margo, Tokens member and singer of ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’, dies aged 79
The Lion Sleeps…With a final roar we announce the passing of our incredible lion, Philip Margo. Phil died yesterday…Posted by The Tokens on Sunday, November 14, 2021Adding that Margo passed away while “surrounded by his beloved family,” The Tokens said: “He loved the space program, Hallmark movies and salt-water taffy but he loved family most of all.”Margo was born in Brooklyn in 1942 and formed The Tokens in the late 1950s with his younger brother Mitch Margo, Jay Siegel and Hank Medress.
