Former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, is dead.

His wife, Arese Carrington, announced the death in a press release to the media Wednesday evening.

According to her, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved husband Walter Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal.

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“He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at the age of 90 years old on Tuesday, August 11th, 2020.”

She said further announcements would be made shortly.

“Walter was a loving husband, father, grandfather, cousin, uncle, friend and in-law. Ralph Waldo Emerson said…It is not the length of life but the depth of life,” she said.

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