Lionel Messi’s father dies aged 68 after a long illness

Jorge Messi, father of football star Lionel Messi, has died at the age of sixty-eight after a long illness, Al Jazeera reports. He passed away at a medical clinic in Rosario, Argentina, according to his family.

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