In memory of those who 'died suddenly,' in France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Greece, September 26-October 3
French footballer Oumar N'Diaye; Belgian kickboxer Errol Parris; German politician (Green) Gabriele Faust-Exarchos; Romanian footballer Alexandru Vagner; Serbian goalie Radovan Radakovic; & many more
Again, this week's toll in Germany as been remarkable; as Europe's spike in excess deaths made news in Switzerland and Iceland.
FRANCE
28-year-old footballer Oumar N'Diaye died suddenly
October 3, 2022
Fate will remember that he played and won his last match with Chauny, this Sunday, October 2 at 3 p.m., during the Regional 2 group D derby against Ribemont (3-0). Oumar N'Diaye died suddenly around 8 p.m. of a heart attack at the age of 28. The central defender, little brother of striker Alioune, had played the entire match. “Everything was fine and in the evening he had pain in his chest. Shortly after, he felt unwell,” says, devastated, Mohamed Fall, the defensive midfielder of the OSQ, of Senegalese origin like Oumar N’Diaye. Arrived in France in 2013, Oumar N'Diaye had started his career in the new club of Holnon/Fayet, notably with Mohamed Fall, before continuing his career until R1 at Tergnier, Arsenal Club and Chauny, which he had joined at the start of last season.
Rachid, 41, rugby referee in Reunion, died suddenly of a heart attack this Friday morning
September 30, 2022
The world of Reunionese rugby is in mourning. Rachid, 41 years old and referee since 2019 on our island, died suddenly this Friday morning of a heart attack. According to the Reunion Territorial Rugby Committee: "In tribute to Rachid, RC PORTOIS will not participate in this weekend's matches. The matches have been postponed to a later date. We kindly ask clubs to respect a minute of silence or applause before the start of the matches. The Rugby club Portois - RCP also pays tribute to him: "Our friend Rachid left us today. A man of value, Rachid touched many of us with his love for his family, for life, but above all for rugby. The whole RCP family is in pain... we have lost our uncle... Uncle Rachid you will always be in our memories... Tonight the club house in Lambrakis will be open to everyone to pay a last tribute to Rachid Achouri, our brother, our uncle, our friend…"
Mom of 3 suddenly dies at school gate
September 29, 2022
A mother of barely 35 years of age has died at the school gate of her 3 children. The incident took place at the Ray-Gorbella school in Nice. The mother went to school to pick up her 3 children. She suddenly collapsed, causing astonishment all around her. Everything pointed to cardiac arrest. First aid was provided by teachers, parents and municipal staff who were on site. The adults present took turns trying to save her. Chest compressions, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation: everyone used their strength to resuscitate her while waiting for help. Once arrived, the ambulance's doctor and firefighters took over from those present by providing her with care for an hour. Sadly, she died in front of her children. Lately, people in their twenties and thirties have suddenly died. There are several possible explanations.
https://pnws.be/mama-van-3-overlijdt-plots-aan-schoolpoort/
He dies of cardiac arrest trying to cut down the tree that was blocking the road
September 28, 2022
It was shortly before 9 a.m. on Wednesday when a 59-year-old man died of cardiac arrest, at the level of the Autet bridge which connects the village of Quitteur. The individual, who had taken his vehicle in the morning, found himself facing a tree which was blocking the road, like the many other tree falls which took place during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in Haute-Saône in due to heavy rains. He went home to get a chainsaw to clear the way. A voluntary act of mutual aid. But it was when starting work that the man suffered a devastating heart attack. Warned at 8:15 a.m., the firefighters of Dampierre-sur-Salon and Gray quickly intervened. Unfortunately, they were unable to resuscitate the victim.
Died in a “vaxxident”:
Victim of an illness at the wheel the driver of a motorhome loses his life
October 3, 2022
The event occurred this Monday morning October 3 around 7:30 a.m. While driving his motor home on the RD 914, in the Argelès-sur-Mer - Perpignan direction, a 70-year-old man reportedly suffered from a heart attack while driving his vehicle, ending his drive in the ditch bordering the road. When help arrived, the septuagenarian was in cardiopulmonary arrest. Despite an hour of cardiac massage by the emergency services, the man was declared dead by the Samu doctor. No additional accidents happened.
BELGIUM
Franco Dragone, the former director of the Cirque du Soleil shows, has died of a heart attack. Dragon turned 69.
September 30, 2022
The Belgian-Italian director Franco Dragone has died of a heart attack in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Claudine Cornet, one of his director's employees, reports this. In the 1990s, Dragone was the strong man behind the spectacle performances of Cirque du Soleil for many years, later he founded his own company. He turned 69. Dragone was in Egypt for professional reasons, after last week attending the city opera Décrocher la Lune in the streets of his home city La Louvière, a spectacle with 850 actors and extras. “It is a real disaster for our city”, the mayor of La Louvière, Jacques Gobert, responds to the death.
A famed kickboxer killed in his second “vaxxident”:
Dead man in Brabant is well-known kickboxer Errol Parris
September 28, 2022
This morning the body of Errol Paris (52) was found in the Zuid-Willemsvaart near Erp in Brabant. Parris, a former kickboxer, according to his lawyer, became unwell while driving along the canal on Tuesday. Parris' lawyer stated that the Kickboxer had had a car accident last Monday. Parris had hit a lamppost with his car in Roosteren, Limburg. After the accident, he was transported to a hospital in Maaseik, Belgium, where Parris lived. However, Parris was allowed to go again after an examination in the hospital. "He may have become unwell," lawyer Stevens told ED.nl. This also reports that the family wants to investigate at a later date whether the hospital has been too negligent. A witness told police on Tuesday that a car had fallen into the water. Together with the fire brigade, they arrived on the spot and started a search. Parris' body was found today. During his career as a kickboxer, Parris faced big names in the ring such as Badr Hari, Remy Bonjasky and Alistair Overeem.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.vechtsportinfo.nl/nieuws/dode-man-in-brabant-is-bekende-kickbokser-errol-parris/
GERMANY
GAL politician Gabriele Faust-Exarchos is dead
October 1, 2022
She never pushed her way to the fore, but she campaigned for Heidelberg and the old town with warmth and heart. Gabriele Faust-Exarchos, founding member of the Green Alternatives List (GAL), who was always called "Gabi" by her friends, died suddenly and unexpectedly on September 21 at the age of 71. "For many years, Gabi was our 'front woman' in the Heidelberg women's organizations and alliances," write GAL city councilor Judith Marggraf and district advisory board member Gerd Guntermann in their obituary for their companion. They recall that Faust-Exarchos played a key role in the "future workshops" in the early 1990s. Improving the conditions for children in the old town through play and exercise areas and the creation of a youth club have always been important to her.
No cause of death reported.
Ex-IDM race driver Thomas Walther died
September 30, 2022
MSC Schleizer Dreieck announced the death of their club member Thomas Walther on Friday, September 30, 2022. "The sudden and unexpected death of Thomas 'Ziesel' Walther leaves us speechless and sad," writes the board of directors. “Thanks to his sporting achievements on the racing motorcycle, but also due to his likeable, cheerful and cordial nature, Thomas was not only a friend, acquaintance, club member and racing driver, but also an ambassador for our club and the Schleizer Dreieck." According to inquiries made by MSC Schleiz, Thomas Walther died on the night of Friday, September 30, 2022 at the age of 45 as a result of a heart attack. Walther leaves behind his partner and two children from a previous relationship.
Former sporting director of FC Preussen died suddenly at the age of 43
October 1, 2022
Mourning for Jan Christoph. The former sporting director of FC Preussen died suddenly at the age of 43.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.dewezet.de/lokaler-sport/fussball_artikel,-trauer-um-jan-christoph-_arid,2768438.html
6-year-old boy dies after football training
September 30, 2022
Sad news from TSV 07 Höchst. According to several media reports, a 6-year-old boy collapsed on Tuesday (September 27) after soccer training at the sports ground in Gelnhausen and then died in hospital. When asked by RTL, the Frankfurt police said that a trainer probably saw that the boy turned pale and felt uncomfortable. They then called the ambulance that took the boy to the hospital. He was taken to the intensive care unit and died that night. How the boy died is still unclear. The investigations are ongoing. The club published the following lines on its website: "We mourn the loss of a young member of our TSV family who passed away as a result of a tragic training incident. We are stunned and stand there powerless. The entire TSV is thinking of the family and wishes them strength and cohesion in this difficult moment.”
Three educators “died suddenly”:
Headmaster Uwe Höss is dead
[no date]
It was unbelievable and completely surprising that we received the news that Uwe Höss, our long-standing headmaster of the ATA and OTA school, passed away on the evening of September 1st, 2022. We are all deeply affected. We have not only lost a headmaster, but also a competent colleague and kind-hearted friend. With his unconventional, open and cordial nature and his positive basic attitude, he developed the school professionally and in terms of content with great passion and commitment from the beginning of 2000. The training institute will continue as usual, the exams are going as planned.
No age or cause of death reported.
https://www.akademie-reutlingen.de
Head of the Löhne-Ort elementary school died suddenly
September 30, 2022
Pupils and staff were shocked and would miss Friederike Kollmeier very much. "She was a very committed teacher, a sensitive person," says Schendel. This was shown, among other things, in her commitment to the students. "She always had an open ear for the parents' concerns and looked for individual solutions when there were difficulties." In addition to her duties as headmaster, she has been particularly committed to the subject of music. "Music was her thing. She turned our school into a musical elementary school," says Frank Schendel. She leaves behind her husband and two adult children.
No age or cause of death reported.
Mourning for our colleague Dr. Hubert Begasse
September 26, 2022
Dear Parents, dear students: I have the sad duty to inform you and you that our esteemed colleague Dr. Hubert Begasse died suddenly and unexpectedly. Dr. Begasse has been teaching art at the GyKo with great passion since 2014. His profound and extensive specialist knowledge, with which he has always enriched the art student council, should be particularly emphasized. Before Dr. Begasse came to our GyKo, he was able to gain a lot of experience at other schools. Due to this wealth of experience and his always calm, approachable manner, he always had a special approach to students.
No age or cause of death reported.
https://www.gymnasium-korschenbroich.de/hp/aktuelles/2022/Begasse.php
Two clerics “died suddenly”:
Neustadt/WN mourns the loss of Brother Helmut Witt
September 30, 2022
Helmut Witt, who was born in Neustadt and belonged to the Benedictine order as his brother Manuel, saw many events in his life as divine providence. He emphasized this again and again in many conversations, phone calls and emails with his cousin Franz Witt. On Monday he died suddenly and unexpectedly shortly after his 75th birthday in the Münsterschwarzach monastery. "Nothing indicated that. We met him in Altenstadt last Saturday, two days after his 75th birthday, and we congratulated him afterwards when he and an employee of the monastery picked up his sister Hildegard,” says Franz Witt. He entered the Order in 1964, made his temporary profession in 1967 and his perpetual profession in 1972.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.onetz.de/oberpfalz/neustadt-waldnaab/neustadt-wn-trauert-um-manuel-witt-id3756480.html
Mourning in Wenden: Pastor Michael Kleineidam has passed away
October 2, 2022
Great sadness in the Wendener Land pastoral association: Michael Kleineidam, head pastor of the Catholic Church in the pastoral area congruent with the Wenden parish, died on Friday in a Werler hospital. He was only 64 years old. Flags with black ribbons were hoisted at the churches as a sign of mourning. Pastor Kleineidam had been ill for a long time since February. After months of convalescence, he had returned to duty in May, although his health was not yet fully restored. “In general, there was a positive development until a while ago, so that he was able to do more and more, even if it was relatively exhausting for him. At the beginning of September he concelebrated with all the congregations on the Dörnschlade during the mass. On Tuesday last week, however, his state of health deteriorated dramatically, so that he had to go back to the hospital in Werl," informs Vicar Christian Albert on the Pastoral Association's website. All the doctors' efforts were in vain, Michael Kleineidam succumbed to his illness after a short intensive medical treatment.
No cause of death reported.
Saale Bulls fan collapses after home game and dies
September 26, 2022
The Saale Bulls are mourning the loss of a loyal fan. As the Oberliga ice hockey team announced on Monday, the supporter collapsed in front of the hall after the game against the Tilburg Trappers on Sunday. After being treated by emergency doctors, the fan was taken to the hospital, but he died there. "We are dismayed and speechless at his sudden death. The loss hits us and the ice hockey family in Halle hard," said the Bulls. Before the next home game against Erfurt on Sunday, there will be a minute's silence for the fans.
No age or cause of death reported.
Four killed in “vaxxidents”:
72-year-old driver died in Sögel – police do not rule out medical emergencies
September 30, 2022
A 72-year-old man died after a car ride in Sögel, presumably due to a medical emergency. According to the police, the senior was driving his car in Sögel on Friday afternoon when witnesses saw the car drive left over a bike path into a hedge. Despite attempts at resuscitation, the man died on the spot. According to the first findings, the investigators assume a medical emergency, as it was said.
Truck crashes into bridge railing - driver died in hospital
September 29, 2022
A truck driver (60) died in the hospital in Brühl early Thursday morning (September 29th) after a traffic accident. The police have already started investigating. The investigators are currently checking whether an internal emergency led to the accident. According to initial findings, the 60-year-old was driving his trailer truck at around 5.45 a.m. on the federal motorway (BAB) 553 in the direction of Cologne. According to the current situation, he left the autobahn at the Brühl Süd junction and turned right in the direction of Brühl. From there he drove onto the bridge of Landesstraße (L) 194. The semi-trailer truck got into the lanes of oncoming traffic for reasons that have not yet been clarified, broke through a crash barrier and came to a stop on the bridge railing behind it. Rescue workers initiated resuscitation at the scene of the accident and took the man to a hospital. Police officers immediately cordoned off the scene of the accident on Phantasialandstrasse.
B75 in Bremen: 58-year-old dies in an accident
September 28, 2022
A fatal traffic accident occurred on Tuesday evening on federal highway 75 in Bremen's Neustadt district. According to police, a 58-year-old died. Another road user was seriously injured. According to the officials' previous findings, the 58-year-old Seat driver crashed into the central guardrail at around 9:20 p.m., probably due to a medical emergency, before later crashing into the Seat of a 56-year-old man. According to a police spokesman, the 58-year-old was immediately pulled out of his car and resuscitated by first responders – without success. The man died at the scene of the accident. The 56-year-old was taken to a hospital. Officials have started further investigations.
https://www.t-online.de/region/bremen/id_100059162/b75-in-bremen-58-jaehriger-stirbt-bei-unfall.html
Tragedy in the waters of Cefalù, a tourist feels bad and dies
October 2, 2022
Tragedy at sea. A 67-year-old German tourist died today while swimming in the waters of Cefalù [Italy]. The man suddenly felt ill before being rescued and brought ashore by some swimmers awaiting the intervention of the 118 health workers. For him, despite the maneuvers attempted to revive him, there was nothing to do. The carabinieri arrived at the scene and, after being inspected by the coroner, are trying to reconstruct what happened. From the first information it would seem that the death is to be attributed to natural causes. The body was returned to the family to celebrate the funeral.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.palermotoday.it/cronaca/turista-tedesco-morto-malore-bagno-cefalu.html
AUSTRIA
Two lawyers “died suddenly”:
Disability advocate Hansjörg Hofer passed away
September 30, 2022
Disability attorney Hansjörg Hofer died unexpectedly on Friday night. Social Affairs Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) was dismayed by the sudden death of the 63-year-old and praised him as a "true role model in the fight for the rights of people with disabilities". Hofer began his career in 1985 in the Ministry of Social Affairs, where he rose to become deputy head of section. Since 2017 he has worked as a disability advocate.
Reported on September 22:
We mourn Helmut E. Münch
September 22, 2022
Helmut Münch was the initiator and, in cooperation with the law firm Kowarik & Waidhofer, a reliable supervisor for almost two decades of the regular column "Tax tips with advice & action", which informs about current changes in the law and is very popular with our readers. Helmut lived and worked in Neufeld a. i.e. Leitha. His own company focused on corporate and organizational consulting as well as musical marketing. Music was his great passion throughout his life. Helmut composed himself and was active as a musician in various bands. Helmut E. Münch died on September 3, 2022 after a short, serious illness.
No age or cause of death reported.
https://www.handwerkundbau.at/markt/wir-trauern-um-helmut-e-muench-49599
State league Stadlau mourns: ex-kicker (30) dies on vacation
September 30, 2022
Marcel Trinkler played in the national league team for four years before retiring in 2014 at the age of just 22. Eight years later, Stadlau received the sad news: Marcel Trinkler is dead. As the club reported on Facebook, the young man died suddenly and unexpectedly on vacation - and that at the age of only 30.
Sudden Illness during the excursion: 48-year-old died in Tolmezzo
October 2, 2022
A 1973 man of Austrian nationality from Faak am See lost his life due to an illness during a walk on Mount Dobis [Italy] with three hiking companions. Immediately after the intervention took place in the late morning in Forni Avoltri, the same Alpine Rescue station, together with the Guardia di Finanza, rushed to Monte Dobis to assist the regional helicopter rescue, but for the man, who had suddenly collapsed to the ground, there was nothing to do, despite attempts to revive him by the medical team of the helicopter rescue. After the ascertainment of the death and the authorization of the magistrate, the body was delivered to the funeral home.
No cause of death reported.
https://grandeinganno.it/2022/10/02/malore-improvviso-durante-lescursione-morto-48enne-a-tolmezzo/
SWITZERLAND
Massive unexpected deaths: Doctors network calls on justice to act
September 29, 2022
The excess mortality rate in Europe continues to rise – and Switzerland is no exception. The Swiss network of critical doctors and scientists ALETHEIA, together with the police association "We for You", is now asking the justice system for clarification about the mass of unexpected deaths in the context of the Covid vaccination campaigns. The warning is clear: The continued denial of potentially serious side effects of vaccinations in police investigations and in forensic and forensic medical examinations puts human lives at risk, reports Report24.news.
ICELAND
Excess mortality in Europe continues to rise, Iceland is already at plus 55 percent!
September 29, 2022
For the mainstream media it remains a mystery: why are so many more people dying in Europe than could be expected statistically? And how long will the population continue to believe statements such as climate change and “sudden adult death”? In July, Iceland unfortunately took first place with an excess mortality rate of plus 55.8 percent, followed by Spain at 37 percent. Meanwhile, vaccination campaigns continue in many countries, reports Report24.news.
DENMARK
Just became a father: "Masterchef" participant Mikkel Stellander suddenly died
September 28, 2022
At Frederiksværk School, they are stunned, and both staff and students are in mourning. This is because teacher Mikkel Stellander, who previously participated in "Masterchef", has passed away. Mikkel Stellanders fiancee Ditte Hare also confirms the tragic and sudden death. She does this to Ekstra Bladet. “Mikkel passed away yesterday, after he suffered a massive blood clot and consequently cardiac arrest,” writes the newspaper.
https://www.seoghoer.dk/reality/lige-blevet-far-masterchef-deltager-mikkel-stellander-pludselig-doed
HUNGARY
The 15-year-old soccer player who collapsed during a training session on Thursday has died
September 30, 2022
As Origo reported on Wednesday evening, a 15-year-old fell ill while playing football in Budapest. The young soccer player suddenly collapsed without any prior complaint and did not move, so his teammates immediately called 104. According to the telephone instructions of the emergency dispatcher, the boy was examined, who was no longer breathing, reports Blikk. The young people did not panic, they immediately started CPR and took turns fighting for their friend’s life, until one of the employees of the sports complex ran to get the defibrillator placed near the scene. Ambulances arrived at the scene within minutes and transported the soccer player to the hospital in critical condition. However, the football player’s club, ISSIMO SE, announced on Facebook on Friday that the young boy had unfortunately died.
No cause of death reported.
https://hungary.postsen.com/local/amp/73317
ROMANIA
Tragedy in Romanian football! Alexandru Vagner, former player from FC Brașov and Gloria Bistrița, has died
September 30, 2022
Tragedy in Romanian football! Alexandru Vagner, former player from FC Brașov and Gloria Bistrița, has died. The former footballer had suffered a heart attack during the training of his formation, Inter Cristian, from League 4, just 10 days ago. Since then, he was hospitalized in a serious condition at the county hospital in Brașov, but his condition did not improve and he finally died, Liga2.ro reports. Vagner played over 100 matches in League 1, for teams such as Gloria Bistrița, FC Brașov, FCM Târgu Mureș or Concordia Chiajna. In 2018, he took a break from football and took up poker.
Vagner was 33 years old.
Don Remo dies at 45
September 30, 2022
The Capodrise community only knew him for a couple of years but in that experience he had made himself want a lot of good. Now all those who have had the opportunity to spend even a single minute with him are mourning his death at just 45 years old: Don Remo Dobra, a young priest who was in Capodrise [Italy] in the years 2016 and 2017, before moving to Dumbrăviţa and Giarmata in Romania, has died.
He died suddenly, nothing foreshadowed this terrible end. It was - as we said - a priest at the Parish of Sant'Andrea Apostolo-Immacolata Concezione in Capodrise who remembers him as follows: "We receive the news of the sudden death of Don Remo who collaborated for a couple of years in our Community. May his soul rest among the Saints, let us pray ".
https://www.casertanews.it/cronaca/morto-don-remo-dobra-capodrise.html
SERBIA
Former goalie Radakovic died at the age of 51
September 27, 2022
Ex-Sturm goalkeeper Radovan Radakovic died at the age of just 51 after a serious illness. Born on February 6, 1971, the Serb joined Sturm in the summer of 2004 from Partizan Belgrade. Under coach Mischa Petrovic and head of sport Heinz Schilcher, he made 15 appearances alongside regular goalie Christian Gratzei. In 2005 he moved to Serbia FC Zemun. After his active career, Radakovic worked as a coach in Serbia, including in Nis.
https://sksturm.at/n/ex-tormann-radakovic-51-jaehrig-verstorben
GREECE
The well-known doctor Nikos Katsaros died suddenly
October 1, 2022
The medical community has been shocked and saddened by the untimely and sudden death of orthopedic doctor Nikos Katsaros. The dear doctor died suddenly, at the age of only 55, as cretapost has already written, and while he was at his home in Hersonissos, Crete, leaving relatives, friends, acquaintances and his patients in mourning. The deceased was particularly loved in Hersonissos and Malia where he was active while his acquaintances say that he was "an excellent scientist and an excellent person, lucky are his colleagues at the Medical Center of Malia where he worked". His colleagues and friends who were looking for him with calls and messages on his phone, I didn't get any answer from him. With their anxiety peaking and with their thinking that something bad might have happened to him - which unfortunately turned out to be true - his colleague visited the doctor's house on the afternoon of Friday, September 30, 2022, in Limani Hersonisos, to find that finally that the Orthopedic Dr. Nikos Katsaros was there, but he was dead, lying on his sofa. The unfortunate 55-year-old doctor had breathed his last from cardiac arrest according to the first estimates, with the necropsy-necrotomy expected in order to establish the exact causes of his death.
https://gianniotika.gr/2022/10/01/nekros-xafnika-o-gnostos-giatros-nikos-katsaros/
Rhodes: Lawsuit by the husband of a 35-year-old woman who died after collapsing in front of her child
September 29, 2022
The unfortunate woman, who was the mother of two 10-month-old twins and the 2-year-old child in front of whom she collapsed, was rushed to the Rhodes hospital by EKAV ambulance and with the assistance of the DIAS team shortly before 3 pm on Wednesday. According to the first indications, the 35-year-old suffered an acute heart attack with the doctors and rescuers not being able to keep her alive despite their superhuman efforts. The family's lawyer made a statement of support for the accusation, while a professor of Medicine has already been appointed by the family to attend the autopsy-mortem that will take place today, Thursday (29/09) on the body of the unfortunate woman.
A fatal “vaxxident”:
Road accident on the National Highway: A driver died suddenly
September 29, 2022
Fate played a bad game on a 50-year-old who was returning from a trip via the Athens-Lamia highway at noon on Wednesday. Just before the Atalanti Stair junction, he felt sick and began to lose consciousness. The passenger and his friend, who were traveling together, immediately notified an ambulance and the police, however, despite the efforts of the rescuers, the man ended up and his death was certified at the Atalanti Health Center where he was transferred. At the point where the 50-year-old lost consciousness, a crew from the Motorway Traffic Service and a road car arrived in order to mark the vehicle, while the preliminary investigation was undertaken by the AT Lokron. All indications are that death was due to pathological causes, however as is expected in cases of sudden death, an autopsy was ordered.
There will be no one left to play sports.
No fans left and no coaches either.Footballer soccer players were always the most healthy men and women. My Lord in heaven. Please stop the madnesss.