It’s impossible to forget people who once put a smile on your face. Doesn’t matter weather we knew them personally or not.

To say, we can only fell grief for those we have known personally is nonsense.

Richard Chanter, a businessman, blogger, Chipolopolo and Gunner fan–influenced our lives courtesy both his opinions and works.

If you are lucky not to need people like Chanter, you are both fortunate, and dare I say, missing out.

Richard Chanter (Zambian Muzungu) 1947-2016.

“We are extremely saddened to announce the death of our owner and director Richard Chanter. He passed away from natural causes after a short illness on the 20th of May 2016. He was a towering presence who will be missed by all those who knew and loved him”, Chanters lodge website.

Richard Chanter’s tweets about Chipolopolo

I know some of you are probably wondering–Soka25east.com is football website, what is Chanter’s relation to football?

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Besides being a Gunner, Chanter was a Zambian football fan.

Some of you who were friends with him on social media recalls the moment when he made fun of Supersport commentator Kevan Evans for pronouncing Kennedy Mweene as “Kennedy Mwiine”.

Certainly, the Zambian football fraternity were robbed of a companion in Richard Chanter.

RIP Richard Chanter, the show must go on!