[Xinhua] Zambian President Michael Sata has died of undisclosed illness in London after medical check-up, the Zambian government said on Wednesday.Sata, who flew to London on Oct. 20 for medical check-up, died at around 2300 GMT at London's King Edward VII Hospital after months of speculations on his health, according to Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska.
"However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
it is with a very heavy heart that I address you today to inform the nation that our beloved president and leader, His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, has passed on," Msiska said to the public via state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
and radio.
The first lady Christine Kaseba-Sata, their son Lusaka Mulenga Sata and others were present at the bed side when the president passed on.