Dereje Eshetu, 26, is multi-talented youth whose part-time security job at the Voltage Club of the new five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Kazanchis      area keeps him busy at night, and the day time is for his work in a wood workshop. He also studies IT under the 10+3 programme of the National College.
 

He was one of the dozens of security guards who escorted the body of the late legendary musician, Tilahun Gessesse, at his funeral on April 23, 2009.
 

Just a few minutes after Tilahun's body was buried at the Trinity Church, someone from the crowd in the cathedral saw Dereje and suddenly started to shout, "Teddy, Teddy!" He had been holding Tilahun's picture and he thought the crowd was shouting in tribute to the singer.
 

The crowd continued to shout, "Teddy, Teddy" and the police had to take measures to disperse the crowd.
 

Except for the one moment when he escorted Teddy to the Addis Abeba stadium for the Millennium eve concert in 2007, Dereje has never formally met Teddy, but lots of people, including some who attended Tilahun's funeral, mistook him for Teddy.
 

I saw how deep the crowd's love is for Teddy, as it was for Tilahun, he told Fortune.
 

One of the youth from the crowd who felt so elated at seeing "Teddy" when he saw Dereje, jumped on the mercedeze benz Dereje was in and then kissed him.
 

Teddy's mother came to Tilahun's house on the next day, where she saw Dereje and admitted that indeed Teddy and Dereje looked quite alike.