She was reportedly close to the retired boxer during his troubled childhood and maintained close ties with him until she died of cancer in 1990.
Kubikwa ukuthi ubesondelene nomshayisibhakela osethathe umhlalaphansi ngesikhathi ekhula kanzima futhi egcina enobudlelwano obuseduze naye waze wabulawa ngumdlavuza e1990.