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There is a lot of controversy surrounding the last Rain Queen's death. Some villagers believe that she died from a broken heart because her lover David Mogale was banished from the queendom by the Royal
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Medi-Clinic with a then-undisclosed illness; she died two days later at the age of 26. She was buried at the royal cemetery in Ga-Modjadji, Limpopo on 20 June 2005. Only family members attended the funeral service and thousands of mourners gathered outside the cemetery.
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A fire broke out in the local chief's house, where Makobo's coffin was being kept, before her funeral. The fire was extinguished before Makobo's coffin suffered any damage, but the event seemed to arouse more suspicions of foul play surrounding Makobo's death.
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