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David Rudisha and his entire family are currently moaning the death of their father Daniel Matasi Rudisha who died on \u00a0Wednesday.<\/p>\n

According to reports the late Daniel Matasi Rudisha died from a heart attack while he was undergoing his dialysis treatment. Although doctors tried their best to save him, the 73 year old had already crossed over.<\/p>\n

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Rudisha announces his father\u2019s demise<\/h3>\n

The Olympic champion opened up about his father\u2019s death while speaking to Sport Pesa News saying;<\/p>\n

Our beloved father sadly left us last night. He had recovered and was on his way to fine health having been taken off the Intensive Care Unit. He was talking well and joking as usual while undergoing his dialysis treatment but at around 11pm, he suffered a sudden heart attack and efforts to resuscitate him did not bear any fruit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This comes a few days after Rudisha shared\u00a0a new photo alongside his dad and went to caption saying;<\/p>\n

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Me and my ailing father, wish him a quick recovery. Long live my dad.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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