Jean-Pierre Adams, an ex-footballer who fell into a coma successful 1982 pursuing a botched genu operation, has died astatine the property of 73, his erstwhile clubs Nimes Olympique, Paris Saint-Germain and Nice said.
Adams, an imposing cardinal defender, started his vocation successful Fontainebleu, wherever helium helped the section broadside triumph its amateur championship, earlier moving to Nimes to motion for the city's past archetypal part side.
Within 2 years, not lone had Nimes finished runners-up but Adams was playing for France -- 1 of the archetypal Black players to bash so.
With the nationalist team, Adams formed a cardinal antiaircraft concern known arsenic the "Garde Noire" -- "Black Guard" -- alongside Marius Trésor.
"We learned this greeting of the passing of Jean-Pierre Adams," Nimes wrote connected Twitter. "He had worn the colours of Nimes Olympique 84 times and with Marius Trésor made up 'the achromatic guard' of the French team.
"The nine offers its astir sincere condolences to his loved ones and his family.
"Adams, who was calved successful Senegal, went connected to play for 9 consecutive seasons successful France's apical division, besides representing Nice and Paris Saint-Germain portion amassing 22 caps for the French nationalist team.
"Nice was heartbroken to larn of the passing of Jean-Pierre Adams, who fell into a coma connected March 17, 1982," Nice wrote connected Twitter.
"The erstwhile defender wore the colours of the Gym 145 times from 1973 to 1977. OGC Nice stands with the symptom of his relatives who person looked aft him for 39 years.
"Nice says a tribute volition beryllium paid to Adams astatine their location lucifer against Monaco connected September 19.
Botched surgery
On Wednesday March 17, 1982, Adams went into infirmary for a regular cognition connected a damaged tendon successful his knee. When the day came around, the infirmary unit were connected strike.
"The pistillate anaesthetist was looking aft 8 patients, 1 aft the other, similar an assembly line," his woman Bernadette, who cared for Adams astatine their location passim his coma, told CNN backmost successful 2016.
"Jean-Pierre was supervised by a trainee, who was repeating a year, who aboriginal admitted successful court: 'I was not up to the task I was entrusted with.'
"Given it was not a captious operation, that the infirmary was connected strike, they were missing doctors and this pistillate was looking aft 8 patients, successful 2 antithetic rooms, idiosyncratic should person called maine to accidental they were going to hold the operation.
"They ne'er did -- and betwixt the anaesthetist and trainee, galore errors were made.
Adams was severely intubated, with 1 conduit blocking the pathway to his lungs alternatively than ventilating them, meaning helium was starved of oxygen whereupon helium suffered a cardiac arrest.
"PSG has lost, this Monday 6 September, 1 of its glorious elders," PSG wrote connected Twitter.
"Defender of the Red and Blue and the French team, Jean-Pierre Adams wore the Parisian colours from 1977 to 1979. The Club offers its condolences to his household and loved ones."
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