Ex-PSG and France star Jean-Pierre Adams dies after spending 39 YEARS in coma due to botched operation

Ex-France defender Jean-Pierre Adams has passed away at the age of 73, after staying in a coma for almost 40 years due to a medical error, as confirmed by former clubs Paris Saint-Germain and Nimes on Monday.

Adams was born in Dakar, Senegal in March 1948 and moved to France as a 10-year-old on a pilgrimage with his grandmother in Montargis.

He was quickly adopted by a French couple and started playing football for local clubs in Loiret while studying and working at a rubber factory.

His major breakthrough into the professional ranks came at Nimes, where he played from 1970-1973 with a four-year stint at Nice lodged between a move to PSG at the end of the decade.

French footballer Jean-Pierre Adams dies after 39 years in a coma. pic.twitter.com/0XhzDGkbDG

— Aggrey 'AG' Mutambo???????????????? (@agmutambo) September 6, 2021

Winning 22 caps for reigning World Cup champions Les Bleus, he formed a formidable partnership with Marius Tresor which became known as 'the Black Guard'.

In 1982, however, tragedy struck when Adams was wrongfully given a near-fatal dose of anesthetic ahead of a routine knee operation that caused him brain damage.

Ever since, his wife Bernadette had cared for him at their home in Nimes, and in 2007 said: "Jean-Pierre feels, smells, hears, jumps when a dog barks. But he cannot see."

Le @PSG_inside a perdu, ce lundi 6 septembre, l’un de ses glorieux anciens. Défenseur des Rouge et Bleu et de l’Équipe de France, Jean-Pierre Adams avait porté les couleurs parisiennes de 1977 à 1979.

Le Club présente ses condoléances à sa famille et à ses proches.

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) September 6, 2021

Nous avons appris ce matin la disparition de Jean-Pierre Adams.

Il avait porté les couleurs du Nîmes Olympique à 84 reprises et formait avec Marius Trésor "la garde noire" en Équipe de France.

Le Club présente ses plus sincères condoléances à ses proches et à sa famille. pic.twitter.com/jt5AqinXDg

— ???? Nîmes Olympique (@nimesolympique) September 6, 2021

His death was confirmed by Nimes and Lionel Messi's new employers, who wrote on Twitter: "PSG lost, this Monday, September 6, one of its glorious veterans.

"A defender of the red and blue and the France national team, Jean-Pierre Adams wore the Parisian colors from 1977 to 1979.

The Club extends its condolences to his family and loved ones," it finished.

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