Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, the world's most famous mercenary, dies at 100

Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, the world's most famous mercenary, dies at 100
Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, considered the world's most famous mercenary, has died at the age of 100.
His family said in a statement that he died in his sleep at a care facility in Durban, South Africa, on Sunday.
Mr Hoare rose to fame commanding a unit of mercenary troops in the Congo during the 1960s. But he was jailed for three years for hijacking a jet following a failed coup attempt in the Seychelles in 1981.
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