Kenyan Football Legend Joe Kadenge Passes Away at 84

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This archive report was first published on 7 July 2019.

Kenyan football legend Joe Kadenge, widely regarded as the country's greatest ever footballing talents, has passed away at the age of 84.

According to his son Oscar Kadenge, Joe Kadenge passed away on July 7, 2019, at the Meridian Hospital in Nairobi.

Joe Kadenge had been in a decline in his health since suffering a stroke in February 2019.

His son Rodgers Kadenge revealed that his father had not been the same since the passing of his daughter Eva Kadenge Hoskin.

Joe Kadenge's body was set to be transferred to the Lee funeral home after his passing.

Source: Tuko on July 7, 2019.

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