Jakarta –
Steven Nugraha Kaligis aka Tepeng from Steven & Coconut Treez died on Tuesday (22/6/2021) at 07.30 WIB. The news was announced by the band via Instagram.
“Innalillahi wa’innailaihi roji’un. Our brother Steven N. Kaligis (Tepeng) has passed away on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 07.30 WIB,” the band wrote in the caption of an upload.
“May the deeds of worship of the deceased be accepted by Allah SWT, his grave is cleared and illuminated and all the mistakes of the deceased be forgiven by Allah SWT. May the family left behind be given perseverance. Amin ya Robbal Alamin,” continued the statement.
Musician and activist who is also a friend of Steven, Melanie Subono, revealed the musician died after battling the COVID-19 virus. Melanie conveyed this via voice message to detikcom.
“Two nights ago, Tepeng was still helping him find all kinds of rooms because he was in the hospital for a few days, he has COVID, but he also has high blood pressure,” Melanie said.
“Covid has comorbidities (comorbidities) the results are worse, yes, and left this morning,” Melanie said again.
Melanie Subono admitted that she first learned about the news of Tepeng’s death from her playmate. “Our fellow friends, we are playmates, playmates with Tepeng,” he said.
When the news came, he could not believe that his best friend had died. However, he later received confirmation from Steven’s bandmates that his friend had indeed passed away.
“As soon as he left, he was immediately notified. Even though I heard from his circle, he didn’t want to believe it, I had contacted his bandmate, it was true that he had left. Because a few days ago he had used oxygen, right,” he said again
During his lifetime, Tepeng was known as a reggae musician who played in Steven & Coconut Treez and Steven Jam.
Steven & Coconut Treez started his career with the formation of seven. However, recently the band was strengthened by four people, namely Steven N. Kaligis (vocals), Teguh Wicaksono (guitar), Rival Himran (bass) and Aci (drums).
Tedy Wardhana (percussion) and Aray Daulay (guitar) have passed away and Iwan (keyboardist) is said to be reluctant to live in Jakarta so he decided not to join again.
The reggae band was on hiatus and decided to return with a single titled Fallin’.
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