Marc Rantseli from the 80s award-winning pop duo, MarcAlex, has passed away. The 58-year-old succumbed to a brain tumour at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto last night. 

A source close to the MarcAlex duo told ZiMoja that Marc, who is the eldest of the brother,s started feeling under the weather in late 2020 during Covid-19. He was diagnosed with Brain Aneurysm, a bulge in a weak area of an artery in or around the brain. Before his illness, Marc worked at the Music Publishers Association of South Africa (MASA) as vice president fighting for the rights of artists. 

Brothers Marc and Alex, who hail from Diepkloof, Soweto, released the hit single Quick Quick, in 1988. The song became so massive that it became a crossover hit on radio stations like Radio 5, Radio Highveld and Capital Radio 604 in the then Transvaal, Transkei and Natal. The sing-along tune Quick Quick, became number 1 on the South African music charts in June 1989. Before that, the duo won a gong at the OKTV Awards for Best Newcomer in 1988. In the same year, they released their self-titled album, MarcAlex. Part of their discography includes albums like Yeah, Enjoy (1991), Ai, Ai, Ai. They went their separate ways in 1997 and persuaded different careers and reunited in 2009 to release their album Stolen My Heart and Looking Back and later The Very Best Of MarcAlex in 2012.