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Dec 17, 2012 Sports
Members of the basketball fraternity, especially those in Albouystown, were thrown into mourning following the sudden passing of player, 37-year-old Juan Richardson, who suffered what is been said as a heart attack and stroke while playing a game in Albouystown on Sunday December 9.
In what should have been another Sunday afternoon of basketball on the Albouystown court, fate played a cruel hand. After about 2 minutes of game time, Richardson, better known around the basketball fraternity as ‘Joe’ was one of the players that started a whole-court run when he suddenly froze on the court, went down, losing ball possession in the process.
At first no one knew that Joe had suffered a stroke when the ball went out of his control, but after a subsequent fast-break by the opposing team, the ballers, whom are all personal friends of Richardson, realized that it was something serious and so hurriedly rushed him to Georgetown hospital where he was diagnosed with suffering both a heart-attack and stroke that sent left the right part of his entire body paralyzed.
“This was certainly a stroke that was suffered by the most energetic and regular bouncer among those who usually played on that court,” said one of his friends. ”I would never forget this game for as long as I live,” remarked another friend.
After approximately two days in the HDU of the GPHC and constant prayers by all whose lives Joe had touched with his usual friendless and jovial personality, his battle to recover was lost in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 12.
The 37 year old former employee of Brydens and Fernandes, Vinelli and KBR Engineering has left to mourn a wife and four children, his mother and eight siblings.
Juan Richardson had recently represented Albouystown-Charlestown in the just concluded Mackeson Smooth Moves competition and was usually a constant participant for other competitions where the said team was involved.
Richardson is expected to be buried tomorrow, Tuesday, 18 December, 2012.
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