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Heath Streak Cancer Struggle

Chubb

International Regular
He is alive . Olonga confirmed on Twitter
Crazy if true.

He has had cancer so it did not shock or surprise me to hear he had died on some Zimbabwe cricket Facebook pages, but until I saw it on Nine/WWOS, The Guardian and a few other news sites I wasn't sure it was verified.
 

Chubb

International Regular
Wait....what?

So was this just one news organisation playing an awful hoax?
Not sure it was a news organisation. I first saw it on Zimbabwe cricket fan pages, and a few Zimbabweans posting about it - then got picked up by Zimbabwean news and spread from there.

As I say, he has been ill. So it wouldn't have been a shock to those who knew him (like Olonga) to see it. There were tributes flowing from all over the place.

I believe he lives in a remote part of Zimbabwe, already a country not blessed with extensive communications services. So he wouldn't have responded immediately.
 

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Not sure it was a news organisation. I first saw it on Zimbabwe cricket fan pages, and a few Zimbabweans posting about it - then got picked up by Zimbabwean news and spread from there.

As I say, he has been ill. So it wouldn't have been a shock to those who knew him (like Olonga) to see it. There were tributes flowing from all over the place.

I believe he lives in a remote part of Zimbabwe, already a country not blessed with extensive communications services. So he wouldn't have responded immediately.
Story I read is that he was being treated in SA
 

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well, glad to hear he's still alive but I even fact checked Social's OP and found multiple sources reporting it. You just can't trust the facts these days, aye? Not that he looks well mind, but hope his treatment is going well!
 

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