Ye Lwin

Ye Lwin (; December 1947 – 10 July 2018) was a prominent Burmese musician, guitarist and peace activist. He was the longtime bass guitarist and singer of the Mizzima Wave band. He is one of activist musicians in the peace movement of Myanmar.

Early life and education He was born in December 1947 in Paungde, Bago Region, British Burma (now Myanmar). He grew up in a musical, Christian family. He was the eight son of ten siblings. He started enroll at Rangoon Institute of Technology (RIT) in 1968, and dropped out on 3rd year.

In 2012, he founded "Panyelann" (Path of Flowers) are a group of charity buskers who have been entertaining customers with their music. Since May 2012 while raising funds for the people in Kachin State. He wrote about 200 songs in his music life.

During the 2007 Saffron Revolution when Buddhist monks took to the streets to defy the then-ruling military government, Ye Lwin joined the nonviolent protests, reciting verses from the Metta Sutta (loving kindness). When the protest was crushed, he was arrested and detained for months. As a punishment, the then government refused to allow his name to appear in public, even on album jackets.

Death On 18 June 2018, Ye Lwin was brought to hospital for liver cancer, and died there on 10 July 2018, around 4:05 pm and was buried at Yayway Cemetery on 14 July 2018.