See how many years former French footballer Jean-Pierre Adams lived in coma before his death

Ex France international defender, Jean-Pierre Adams has died at the age of 73. 

Adams spent the last 39 years in a coma following an anaesthesia mistake at Lyon Hospital as part of a routine knee operation he undertook at the age of 34 on March 17, 1982.  

He was confirmed to have died on Monday morning at Nimes University Hospital. Back in 1982, after suffering a ligament rupture injury, the former Nice and Paris Saint-Germain centre-back had routine knee surgery but an error from the anaesthetist starved his brain of oxygen and he slipped into a coma.

Adams, who had two sons with his wife, Laurent and Frédéric, had had a problem with the anesthesia and the doctor operating on his knee is reported to have been working on eight patients simultaneously. 

She said: “I’ll buy things so that he can have a nice room, such as pretty sheets, or some scent. He used to wear Paco Rabanne but his favorite one stopped so now I buy Sauvage by Dior.”

‘It’s all fine, I’m in great shape,’ he reportedly said to his wife Bernadette on the morning of the operation in what proved to be his final words.  

In a statement, PSG said Adams’ “joie de vivre, charisma and experience commanded respect”.

Nice said the club would pay tribute to Adams – who won 22 caps for France between 1972-1976 – before their next home game against Monaco on 19 September.

Adams also made 84 appearances for Nimes, who said they were sending their “most sincere condolences to his loved ones and his family”.

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