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FORMER Rusape United player and Zimbabwe Saints benefactor Patrobes Mugadza died at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday morning after a two-week stay at the health facility.
Mugadza’s son Abedinigo last night confirmed that their father, who had not been well for a while, succumbed to ill-health at the age of 90.
Mugadza, the father of founding member of the Bulawayo Social Soccer League, Charles Mugadza, former Saints and Black Mambas stars Abisha and Lovejoy and the young trio of Mighty Warriors star Rosemary, former Bosso reserve goalkeeper Abedi and Young Warriors starlet Brian, was a Zimbabwe Saints benefactor and his bus that carried Chikwata around the country lies parked at 223 Nguboyenja ready to be immortalised.
A widower since 2013, Mugadza is survived by six boys and one girl Rose.
Bongani Ndlovu
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