Death
On April 27, 1993, the Zambia national team traveled to Senegal for the first of their 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification games in the group stage. The team's mode of transportation was a Zambian Air Force plane. After refueling in Libreville, Gabon, the plane developed problems and plunged into the sea. Thirty people on board including Michael Mwape, the president of the FAZ, Chitalu and eighteen players died in the accident.
Godfrey Chitalu Road in Lusaka is named after Chitalu. In December 2012, Kabwe Warriors announced plans to rename the Railways Stadium as the "Godfrey ‘Ucar’ Chitalu 107 Stadium," as well as erect a statue in his honour.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“when it comes to my death let it be slow,
let it be pantomime, this last peep show,
so that I may squat at the edge trying on
my black necessary trousseau.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“No man may him hide
From Death hollow-eyed,”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)
“O Lord, methought what pain it was to drown,
What dreadful noise of waters in my ears!
What sights of ugly death within my eyes!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)