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

https://mins.news/en/video/17117

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-08 19:39 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9g8XqVBIlM

> Jorge Messi, the father of soccer star and Argentina captain Lionel Messi, has died at age 68.\nHe passed away Saturday at a hospital in Rosario, a city in central Argentina.\nClub Atlético Newell’s Old Boys, based in Rosario, announced the death in a social media post.\nThe club said Jorge had received treatment in recent months for an illness that was not specified.

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