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Jean-Pierre Adams: Ex-France defender of Senegalese descent dies after 39 years in coma

The former centre-back, was overdosed with anesthesia when he went for surgery to repair a torn ligament

Ex-France and PSG defender, Senegalese Jean-Pierre Adams has died after being in Coma since 1982.

The former centre-back died on Monday morning at the age of 73 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nimes Hospital in France. Adams has been in a coma for 39 years after the anesthetist overdosed him by anesthesia.

The defender had sustained a ligament rupture injury and was booked for surgery on 17th May 1982 at the Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon.