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Former soccer player Jean-Pierre Adams dies after 39 years in a coma following botched knee surgery - CBS News
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FootballJOE on Twitter: "RIP Jean-Pierre Adams, who has died aged 73 having spent 39 years in a coma https://t.co/UMIegglWhZ" / Twitter
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French soccer great Jean-Pierre Adams kept alive by wife Bernadette 39 years after botched surgery | 7NEWS
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Jean-Pierre Adams: Ex-France defender of Senegalese descent dies after 39 years in coma | Sporting News Canada
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Obsèques de Jean-Pierre Adams près de Nîmes : l'hommage de Trésor, Girard, Vendroux... et d'une foule d'anonymes - midilibre.fr
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