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One can only imagine what his children are going through; having only recently buried their mum after she passed on in December 2015.
Stephen Okechukwu Keshi is a football icon. He was a Nigerian football defender and a football manager of the national team.
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| With late wife at daughter's wedding |
His family has announced his passing a way at 54.
He died of Cardiac arrest in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8.
“With thanksgiving to God, the Ogbuenyi Fredrick Keshi family of Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, announces the death of Mr. Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi,” Mr. Ado said in a statement.
He continued “Our son, brother, father, father-in-law, brother-in-law, has gone to be with his wife of 35 years (Nkem ), Mrs. Kate Keshi, who passed on on the 9th December 2015.
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| During his wife's burial with his children |
“Since her death, Keshi has been in mourning. He came back to Nigeria to be with her. He had planned to fly back today Wednesday, before he suffered a cardiac arrest. He has found rest.”
Though deeply mourning the shock exit, Mr. Ado said the family remained grateful to God for the life spent by the Big Boss.
Mr. Keshi had lost his wife of 35 years, Kate, to cancer last December.
He is survived by 5 children.
Rest in peace, Stephen Keshi!
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