Jean-Pierre Adams, a former France defender, died at the age of 73, 39 years after falling into a coma due to an anaesthetic mistake during routine knee surgery at Lyon Hospital.
Adams was given a near-fatal dosage of anaesthesia before a routine knee operation in 1982, which resulted in brain damage. He was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1948 and got 22 caps for Les Bleus in the 1970s, creating the ‘Black Guard’ alongside Marius Tresor.
After joining PSG from Nice in 1977, he played for Nimes from 1970 to 1973 and PSG from 1977 to 1979. Bernadette, Adams’ wife, has been caring for him since the accident.
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On Monday, Adams was pronounced dead at the University Hospital of Nimes. The 73-year-old represented France on 22 occasions between 1972 and 1976. He also played 41 times for Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, while spending most of his career at Nice.
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