Ugandan tycoon Zari Hassan, who is based in South Africa, has been using social media to remember her late ex-husband Ivan Ssemwanga’s birthday, who passed away five years ago.
\nIn 2017, Ivan Ssemwanga passed away from a heart attack while being treated by his ex-wife, Zari Hassan, at Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria.<\/p>\n
On May 25, 2017, a Thursday, he passed away. Ivan received a poignant birthday greeting from Zari on Instagram, which read, “Happy birthday, hope the angels are celebrating with him.” The heritage endures. Cheers to your birthday.<\/p>\n
During their marriage, Ivan and Zari had three boys together.<\/p>\n
Ivan’s death was disclosed on Zari’s Instagram page, where she described it as the lowest point of her life. Zari had moved on after her relationship with Diamond Platnumz.<\/p>\n
She remembered Ivan’s advice to live life to the fullest and thought back on his inspirational and giving personality in her message.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cGod loves those that are special and that\u2019s exactly who you were and I guess that\u2019s why he wanted you to himself. You have touched and helped thousands, you did wonders and I remember you telling me \u201clife is too short let me live it to the fullest\u201d, this very dark hour it makes sense why you always said those words to me,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The relatives of Zari’s late spouse accused her of being responsible for Ivan’s depression and early death.<\/p>\n
The head of Ivan’s family, Herbert Luyinda, made the suggestion that Ivan experienced mental health problems following their breakup and after finding out about Zari’s pregnancy and engagement to Diamond.
\nPinto Ntale, Zari’s eldest son, was formally recognized as the successor to Ivan’s estates after the initial dispute between Zari and Ivan’s family was resolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ugandan tycoon Zari Hassan, who is based in South Africa, has been using social media to remember her late ex-husband Ivan Ssemwanga’s birthday, who passed away five years ago. In 2017, Ivan Ssemwanga passed away from a heart attack while being treated by his ex-wife, Zari Hassan, at Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria. On May […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6069,"featured_media":198926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[923,643],"class_list":["post-198925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ivan-ssemwanga-news","tag-zari-hassan-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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