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 ==Death==
-In 1974 he retired to his farm at [[Mkushi]], although he continued to play music. His farm was close to a camp of Zapu guerillas who were then fighting the Smith regime in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). One night In October 1978 Smith's forces attacked the camp and Alick was killed in the cross fire.<ref name="retro"/>
+After his retirement from the [[Zambian Broadcasting Services]], Nkhata settled at his farm in [[Mkushi District]] where he continued to play music. On 19 October 1978, he was driving back from Mkushi South, presumably from a hunting expedition, when he came into the full wrath of Ian Smith’s Rhodesian military invaders. His vehicle was sprayed with bullets, in what looked like an ambush in an area cordoned off during the attacks at [[Mkushi camp]], where Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) fighters were stationed. He was driving a Land Rover 109, which made him a likely target as that kind of vehicle was mostly used by security forces and government departments at that time.
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