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==Death==
On 26 May 2002, Degaga died of liver cancer at age 69, just a few months after his release.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-12-me-wolde12-story.html|title=Mamo Wolde; Won Olympic Gold, Bronze|last=Thurber|first=Jon |date=12 June 2002|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=26 February 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://rw.runnersworld.com/selects/chasing-justice.html |title=Chasing Justice |last=Moore |first=Kenny |date=1 January 2004 |newspaper=Runner's World |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170117064617/http://rw.runnersworld.com/selects/chasing-justice.html |archive-date=17 January 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=17 January 2017 }}</ref> He had been married twice and had three children; a son, Samuel, with his first wife, and two children, Addis Alem and Tabor, with his second wife.<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.kennymoore.us/kcmarticles/woldehonolulu/woldestory.htm|title=The Ordeal of Mamo Wolde|last=Moore|first=Kenny|date=2005|publisher=Honolulu Marathon Association|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170117065905/http://www.kennymoore.us/kcmarticles/woldehonolulu/woldestory.htm|archive-date=17 January 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> Degaga is interred in Saint Joseph's Church Cemetery in Addis Ababa.<ref name=":0" />