FOOTBALLER WHO SLEPT FOR 39 YEARS DIES AT 73

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FOOTBALLER WHO SLEPT FOR 39 YEARS, DIES AT 73

In 1982, promising footballer Jean-Pierre Adams was sidelined by a knee injury during a match. What was expected to be a routine surgery to repair the damage turned into a decades-long tragedy that shook the sporting world.

The operation, meant to fix his knee, went horribly wrong when a critical error was made.

The anaesthetic team administered the wrong dosage of anaesthesia, and instead of waking up after surgery, Adams never regained consciousness. He slipped into a coma—a state of unending sleep from which he would never return.

Adams, only 34 years old at the time, remained in that coma for 39 years.

His wife, Bernadette Adams, stood by him through it all.

She refused to give up hope or allow life support to be removed, saying she believed her husband would one day wake up.

Throughout the decades, Bernadette cared for him at home in France, maintaining his dignity and holding onto love in the face of a silent existence. Despite her efforts and the family’s hope, Jean-Pierre Adams passed away in 2021 at the age of 73.

His story is remembered as one of hear,tbreaking loyalty, a medical error that changed a life forever, and the enduring strength of a wife who never stopped believing.

About Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.

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