Herman Sikumbang

Herman Sikumbang (17 March 1982 – 22 December 2018) was an Indonesian guitarist who was also the part of the popular Indonesian pop band Seventeen from 1999 to 2018. He died on 22 December 2018 at the age of 36 during the 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami as the band performed onstage.

He was set to run for a seat in the People's Representative Council in the 2019 Indonesian legislative election.

Death

The pop band Seventeen was performing at an event held by state electric company PLN at the Tanjung Lesung resort near the shore of Tanjung Lesung beach when the tidal waves hit their stage around 9:30PM local time. Guitarist Herman died during the late hours of the tsunami breakout as he was went missing during the tsunami.

Herman Sikumbang – guitar (1999–2018; his death)