Dennis Liwewe
Caron Dennis Liwewe (born January 10, 1936 in Makuzi , Nyassaland , † April 22, 2014 in Lusaka , Zambia ) was a Malawian-Zambian football player and an active sports journalist and football commentator until his death .
Life
Liwewe was born in 1936 on Lake Malawi in Makuzi in what was then Nyasaland (now Malawi ). In his youth, the family moved to Southern Rhodesia , now Zimbabwe , and Dennis attended Dadaya Secondary School. During this time he actively played soccer and, after graduating from secondary school, began teaching at Dadaya Teachers Training College. In 1961, after completing his degree, he moved to Chingola , Zambia. In Chingola, he started a career as a sports commentator with a focus on football and wrote several specialist books. Through his work he got the Zambian passport in 1971 and became chief reporter and deputy news editor of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines weekly newspaper Nchanga. Four years later, Liwewe took over as media and public relations manager for the weekly newspaper Nchanga. At the same time, he moderated the international matches of the Zambian national football team from the end of the 1970s . He was also the African sports correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1976 to 2004 . During this time he was awarded the Order of Distinguished Service by President Kenneth Kaunda in 1977 . His biggest commentary experience was the 4-0 victory over Italy by Zambia in the soccer competition of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea .
At the beginning of April 2014 Liwewe came to Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital in Lusaka with liver problems , where he died on April 22, 2014 at the age of 78 as a result of liver failure .
Liwewe was married and had four children.
Web links
- Detailed obituary by The Post Newspapers Zambia ( Memento of April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malawi mourn football commentator Dennis Liwewe ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Dennis Liwewe dies ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Legendary Soccer Analyst Dennis Liwewe Dies
- ^ Obituary at bbc.com (English), accessed April 24, 2014
- ↑ Dennis Liwewe: a Legendary voice that shaped Zambian soccer ( Memento from April 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Legendary Zambian commentator Dennis Liwewe dies
- ^ Meet Canon Dennis Liwewe
- ^ Zambia's exit shocks Liwewe
- ^ Zambia: Sata mourns Dennis Liwewe - Lusaka Times
- ^ Zambia: Dennis Liwewe is dead - Lusaka Times
- ^ Dennis Liwewe at 75: The second half of his life
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liwewe, Dennis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liwewe, Caron Dennis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Zambian-Malawian soccer player and sports journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Makuzi , Nyasaland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 2014 |
| Place of death | Lusaka , Zambia |