Simon Mann, an educated former official of Eton and Sandhurst, led a coup involving Margaret Thatcher's son, overthrew the Equatorial Guinea government at the age of 72.

Mann led a group of 70 mercenaries who were arrested in Zimbabwe in 2004 for attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s authoritarian president Teodoro Obiang.

Mann and his friend Mark Thatcher admitted to being involved in an attempted plot, known as the "Wonga Coup". When the plot is revealed, Obiang threatens to eat Mann's testicles and drag his naked body to the street.

Mann served in two of the world's most notorious prisons for more than five years before being pardoned by Obiange himself.

He served in Scottish Guards and SAS before starting many security companies dedicated to protecting petroleum installations.

In March 2004, Mann, Nick Du Toit and three other South African mercenaries and international financial backers overthrew Obiang's overthrow and approved at least three governments, most notably Spain.

The coup involved flying to the former Spanish colony on a weapon-loaded plane and over 50 black "Buffalo soldiers", a former member of the now-disbanded South African Defense Forces, known as Severo Moto by an exiled opposition activist.

In return, the mapper and its supporters hope to take advantage of Equatorial Guinea’s oil and gas reserves. But their plane was intercepted by Zimbabweans at Harare Airport. A joyful president, Robert Mugabe, sent Mann and his accomplices to prison and then handed them over to Equatorial Guinea, where the court sentenced mercenaries to 34 years in prison.

In a note Mann sent to the legal team while he was imprisoned, he implicated Thatcher, who mentioned the coup under Scratcher's name. The bill also begs for the "king" that Thatcher uses his influence to ensure his release.

Mann admitted at the trial that he had been called upon by Lebanese oil tycoon Ely Calil, a friend of motorcycles who he considers to be the head of the Equatorial Guinea government.

Thatcher allegedly paid for a helicopter to fly from Equatorial Guinea during a planned coup. He was fined and sentenced to four years of probation for violating anti-nuclear law legislation. But he claimed he was only involved in the plot.

In 2006, the plot was in Coug! Centre-Dramatic, this is a TV movie written by the comic John Fortune.

After pardon, Mann returned to England. He got married three times and had 9 children. MailOnline reported that he died earlier this week while working out in the gym.