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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Tunde Mark, first son of former Senate President, Senator David Mark, is dead.<\/p>\n

According to Daily Sun, a family source said that Tunde died in the early hours of Friday in London, the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Tunde is said to have suffered from cancer and died at the age of 51 years.<\/p>\n

The situation surrounding his death is not clear, but sources told the newspaper that the corpse is expected to be flown to Nigeria in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Before his death, Tunde was an alumnus of Yaba Military School, Lagos, and the prestigious Fernden Prep School, Haslemere, Surrey.<\/p>\n

He obtained a B.Sc degree from Kings College, London. Later he proceeded to study Biological Sciences at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

He left behind a wife and a child.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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