OBITUARY | Zimbabwean mercenary Lionel Dyck dies at the age of 80 after a storied career
Lionel Dyck , once the epitome of the modern-day mercenary, died at the age of 80 in Cape Town last week, after a cancer battle.
Zimbabwean-born military contractor Lionel Dyck lost his battle to cancer last week at his farm in Cape Town, South Africa, at the age of 80. That's the year Rhodesia formulated a constitution that favoured white minority rule, leading to the rise of black resistance movements that gave birth to Zanu and Zapu in the early 1960s.
"I just wanted to be a soldier and do my job well. I did not care about the colour of the government." Dyck became more prominent for his Dyck Advisory Group , founded in 2012, and was at times the face of the modern-day mercenary that functions as a business through deals with governments.That was his last mercenary mission.
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