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Liverpool fan who had a stroke last weekend while watching the English
Premier League game between rivals Manchester United and Arsenal has
died.
Yusuf Kalange recently (Photo: Yazid Yolisigira)
A man, Yusuf Kalange, who is a very big supporter of EPL football
club, Liverpool in Iganga town of Uganda, reportedly succumbed to a
stroke last weekend while watching the English Premier League game
between rivals Manchester United and Arsenal, and later died.
According to a report by Daily Mirror, the Liverpool fan who was
surprisingly rooting for a Manchester United win, struggled to breathe
when Olivier Giroud's 89th-minute equaliser earned Arsenal a point,
denying the red devils the much-needed win.
Kalange’s death was confirmed by his son, Yakuti Kalange, who said
his 67-year-old father, died of stroke this morning at Nsambya hospital
in the country.
Yusuf Kalange in a recent function
A relative he was watching the match with on Saturday last week, in
a makeshift hall called Umbwa Video hall in Iganga town, revealed that
Kalange, a Liverpool fan, was rooting for a Manchester United win
irrespective of the rivalry between the two clubs.
He said the deceased jubilated when Juan Mata scored the opening
goal for Manchester United. The trouble however started when Arsenal
equalised in the dying minutes of the game as the man suddenly became
tense before later appearing to struggle to breathe. By the time the
game ended Kakonge had collapsed in the video hall.
On his Facebook page, Yakuti posted that on November 20, his father
developed a astroke and as a result was rushed to Nile International
hospital in Jinja before being referred to Nsambya hospital in Kampala
where he died.
He wrote: “He had a stroke and the scan showed that his brain was badly damaged.”
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