Alex Ovechkin has announced the death of his father, Mikhail, at the age of 71
On Wednesday, Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin announced the death of his father, Mikhail Ovechkin. The news comes just one day after the Capitals announced that Ovechkin would be taking a leave of absence to attend to a family matter and the health of a loved one. “Today my father passed away,” Ovechkin wrote on …
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