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Not a bad way to go for a SAS chap... in the gym
Simon Mann, the former British soldier and mercenary known for leading a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died at the age of 72, according to UK media reports.
Mann, a former SAS officer, reportedly died earlier this week while working out at a gym, MailOnline reported on Friday. He served prison time in both Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea for his role in the botched operation, before eventually receiving a pardon and returning to Britain.
In 2004, Simon Mann, along with South Africans Nick du Toit, Sergio Cardoso, Jose Sundays, and George Alerson, tried to topple President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has ruled the oil-rich Central African nation since seizing power in a 1979 coup.
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Simon Mann, British Coup Plotter in Equatorial Guinea Dies Aged 72
Simon Mann, the former British soldier and mercenary known for leading a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died at the age of 72, according to UK media reports.
Mann, a former SAS officer, reportedly died earlier this week while working out at a gym, MailOnline reported on Friday. He served prison time in both Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea for his role in the botched operation, before eventually receiving a pardon and returning to Britain.
In 2004, Simon Mann, along with South Africans Nick du Toit, Sergio Cardoso, Jose Sundays, and George Alerson, tried to topple President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has ruled the oil-rich Central African nation since seizing power in a 1979 coup.
Simon Mann, British Coup Plotter in E.Guinea Dies Aged 72
Simon Mann, the British ex-soldier who led a failed 2004 coup in Equatorial Guinea and was later jailed, has died at 72, according to UK media reports.
newscentral.africa