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Leon Botha

Facts of Leon Botha

Date of Birth: 1985 , June-4
Date of Death: 2005 , June-5
Birth Nation: South Africa

Quick Timeline of Leon Botha

1985 Born in Cape Town
2007 Had his first solo art exhibition
2010 Hosted Who Am I? Transgressions,
2011 Died from complications of progeria

Detail Timeline of Leon Botha

June 4 , 1985

Born in Cape Town

Leon Botha was born in the mid 1980s in Cape Town, South Africa. He was also raised their till he died in 2011. He was just four when he was diagnosed with progeria. His nationality was South African, his ethnicity was unknown.

2007

Had his first solo art exhibition

Though he was diagnosed with progeria at the age of 4, he inspired himself to be a painter. As a child, he didn't have any formal training in arts but after he graduated from Tygerberg Art Centre, he began pursuing his career as a painter. His first solo art titled Liquid Sword; I am HipHop was shown in the early 2007 at the Rust-en-Vrede. 

2010

Hosted Who Am I? Transgressions,

Leon Botha was a painter and disk jockey from South Africa. In the early 2010, he appeared at the João Ferreira Gallery in Cape Town as the host of the first exhibit of Who Am I? Transgressions. 

June 5 , 2011

Died from complications of progeria

At the end of 2010, he suffered a stroke. It is also said that in 2005, he underwent heart bypass surgery to prevent a heart attack. In 5th of June 2011, he died of complications of progeria in Cape Town. 

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Leon was enrolled at Tygerberg Art Centre. Though he was diagnosed with progeria at the age of 4, he inspired himself to be a painter. As a child, he didn't have any formal training in arts but after he graduated from Tygerberg Art Centre, he began pursuing his career as a painter. His first solo art titled Liquid Sword; I am HipHop was shown in the early 2007 at the Rust-en-Vrede. In the early 2010, he appeared at the João Ferreira Gallery in Cape Town as the host of the first exhibit of Who Am I? Transgressions. At the end of 2010, he suffered a stroke. It is also said that in 2005, he underwent heart bypass surgery to prevent a heart attack. On 5th of June 2011, he died of complications of progeria in Cape Town. His nationality was South African, his ethnicity was unknown. His net worth was unknown.