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| July 23, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Sani 26, 1427 |
Soccer player found dead
SAO PAULO, July 22: A soccer player from a second-division club in northeastern Brazil was found dead at his hotel room after apparently suffering a stroke.
Helder, a 27-year-old midfielder from America de Natal, was found dead on Thursday night by a teammate who went looking for him at hotel he was temporarily living in, the club said.
“I was worried because he didn't show up at the club and I couldn't contact him,” team-mate Paulinho Kobayashi told the local Tribuna do Norte newspaper. “It looked like he was sleeping when we found him.”
Doctors said it was likely Helder suffered a stroke, but the official cause of death wasn't yet known.—AP
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