# Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi’s father and longtime agent, dies at 68

https://mins.news/en/item/17059

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-08 17:19 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://bit.ly/4q1sr13

> Jorge Messi, father of soccer star and Argentina captain Lionel Messi, has died at the age of 68. He passed away Saturday in a hospital in Rosario, a city in central Argentina. Rosario-based Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys reported his death. Jorge Messi had also served as his son’s longtime agent.

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