Nyuma yo gusakara kw’iyi nkuru y’incamugongo, ikinyamakuru Jeune Afrique cyatangaje ko umuntu wo mu muryango w’uyu mukambwe baganiriye yakibwiye ko yazize indwara y’umutima wahagarariye mu bitaro bya American Hospital mu Mujyi wa Paris mu Bufaransa, mu gace ka Neuilly-Sur-Seine aho n’ubundi yari amaze amezi avurirwa inshuro nyinshi.

Issa Hayatou yayoboye Impuzamashyirahamwe y’Umupira w’Amaguru muri Afurika imyaka 29 hagati ya 1987 kugeza mu mwaka wa 217, aho ashimirwa byinshi ariko akanitwa umunyagitugu mu buyobozi bwe kuko akenshi bivugwa ko yikizaga ababaga kenshi batumva ibintu kimwe nawe.

Mu mwaka wa 2002 yagerageje kwiyamamariza kuyobora FIFA ariko atsindwa n’Umusuwisi
Sepp Blatter ku mwanya wo kuyobora iyi Mpuzamashyirahamwe ya Ruhago ku Isi yabereye Visi Perezida hagati y’i 1992 kugeza 2017.

Iyi Mpuzamashyirahamwe yayiboye hagati y’Ukwakira 2015 na Werurwe 2016 nyuma yo guhagarikwa k’uyu musuwisi wari wamutsinze muri 2002.

Issa Hayatou mu bihe bya vuba yabitswe inshuro nyinshi ko yitabye Imana ariko inkuru zabaga atari zo akaba yitabye Imana mu gihe yaburaga amasaha make ngo yuzuze imyaka 78 kuko yavutse tariki ya 9 Kanama 1947.