Former world surfing champion Andy Irons, 32, has died

[haikuman]

RIP Andy Irons

"""Andy Irons, a three-time world surfing champion and one of the more popular athletes on the Assn. of Surfing Professionals' elite World Tour, has died after coming down with an undisclosed illness during a competition in Puerto Rico."""



http://www.grindtv.com/surf/blog/21719/f...+has+died/

[vision63]

I hear it was Dengue Fever. Terrible news. A guy so full of life being cut down so young.

[SteveO]

Can never be too careful while globetrotting. College acquaintance of mine died recently while on a biz trip to Chile. Food poisoning was cited as the reason.

[Janit]

No vaccinations available for Dengue as yet. Scary.

[freeradical]

What's up with the methadone in his room?

We probably need to wait for the autopsy on this one.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....coroner found no evidence of Dengue fever.....they found bottles of Xanax and another drug (forgot what it was), so they think it might be due to bad mix of prescripton drugs......

[Mike V]

Lots of talk saying it was actually a drug overdose.