World Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95 September 6, 2019 Farai Mutsaka and Christopher Torchia, The Associated Press Comments Off on Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95 Mugabe, who was forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil and human rights violations, has died at the age of 95.