KUALA LUMPUR: Music industry legend Kesuma Booty died early today at 12.30am. Born in 1951, he was 69.
His passing was confirmed by his son Alfa Booty on Facebook.
Burial is this morning at the Klang Gate Muslim cemetery.
Kesuma is the son of screen siren dubbed Malaysia's Elizabeth Taylor, the late Kasma Booty.
Kesuma, together with several music industry key players, among them Datuk Freddie Fernandez and the late Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan, were instrumental in the setting up of the Music Authors' Copyright Protection (MACP) Berhad as a company in 1989.
MACP's aim was to promote and protect the interests of its members who are composers, lyricists, authors and publishers of music compositions.
Kesuma was also part of the Booty Boys Studio and the Booty Boys band with his siblings Surya and Purnama. Many famous names passed through the studio in its heyday.
Datuk Sheila Majid is among those who started at the studio. In an interview last year, Sheila said she opted to try her luck singing back when she was 17 by walking into the Booty Boys' recording studio in downtown Kuala Lumpur.
"Shortly after, I guess I found my true calling," Sheila was quoted as saying.
Two of Kesuma's children are also musicians; Alfa and Rumie.
Alfa is the co owner of Rumie Music Lab.
