SA rocker dies after losing battle with cancer

Cape Town – Drikus Brixton Barnard, bass player for the Brixton Moord en Roof Orkes, died on Sunday after being diagnosed with cancer in June.

Fellow bandmember Andries Bezuidenhout shared the news on Sunday morning on a Facebook support page for Drikus, Bucks vir Brixton. His post read: "Gerhard asked me to convey the news. Drikus passed away. Thanks everyone for love and support."

Drikus was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in June with doctors giving him three to six months to live after a malignant brain tumor was removed. The tumor was discovered after Drikus suffered two strokes in March.

Friends and family have since taken to social media to pay tribute to Drikus.

RIP Brixton Barnard

— Henno Kruger (@hennokruger) July 27, 2015

@brixtonbarnard has left the building... way too soon. RIP Drikus. Have a jol with Elvis... #BRMO #BrixtonBarnard pic.twitter.com/XhkMCf2RBr

— ? the L word © ? (@The_Lindaleine) July 26, 2015

RIP Brixton Barnard - thanks for the tunes http://t.co/5p9RZOfOH2

— Jolindy Dreyer (@JolindyDreyer) July 26, 2015

Godspeed Brixton Barnard. Ons hoop jy deel nou riffs met Jimmy Hendrix en lyrics met John Lennon (Hopelik nie die heeltyd met ‘n blues rock back beat nie.). En vertel hulle net hoe om hulle klein foute reg te maak. PS: Die Brixton tribute set by die festival gaan voort soos beplan. Paar nice tunes terwyl almal kan vertel hoe nice vriendelike en approachable mens Drikus was. Regtig.

A photo posted by Oppikoppi Festival (@oppikoppi) on Jul 27, 2015 at 2:27am PDT

Another Facebook user, Zani Botes, said: "Brixton, I am so sorry that you had to go so early. I am going to miss you. The only comfort I have is that you are now part of everything."