A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, is dead. He was aged 90.
His wife, Arese Carrington, announced the death in an email to The PUNCH on Wednesday, titled, “Press Release – Ambassador Walter C. Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal.”
Arese said the ex-envoy “passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones at the age of 90yrs old on Tuesday, August 11th, 2020.”
She said, “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.
“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. Walter was fortunate; his life had both length and depth.”
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