By Own Correspondent| Air Zimbabwe’s first black General Manager, Augustine Mutyambizi has died.

He was 95.

Elder Mutyambizi passed away Thursday morning near Beatrice on his way to hospital from his homestead in Mhondoro.

He was a life long diabetes sufferer and a few months ago suffered a stroke. He somewhat recovered but had right side paralysis and his diabetes lately was up and down. “We suspect ultimately it’s the cause of death,” his young brother, Tich told ZimEye.com. [SEE HIS LAST PICTURES BELOW]

He is survived by his adult children: a daughter and son.

Mr Mutyambizi was a successful business man who owned all the Fragrance Beauty Hair Salons nationwide: Bulawayo, Plumtree, Gweru, Mutare, Chitungwiza and all over Harare where there were six of them.

In his earlier life, he was the founding Chairman of KOBA, Kutama Old Boys Association which had many luminaries including former president Mugabe and many other post independence leaders.