IN MEMORIAM Ode Socrates!
Socrates, Brazilian football legend, dies at the age of 57 after eating beef stroganoff 
By
Ashley Gray
Icon: At 6ft 4ins Socrates was towering star on the football field
Brazilian football legend Socrates died today at the age of 57 after falling ill following a meal of beef stroganoff.
He
had been in hospital in San Paolo with food poisoning and was on a life
support machine with septic shock when he passed away.
It was the third time in four months he had been treated at an intensive care unit since alcohol abuse
caused his stomach to hemorrhage in August.
Socrates, who leaves a wife
and six sons, had been hoping his health would stabilise ahead of a
liver transplant after a spending another 17 days in hospital in
September.
The idol of the
1982 World Cup was admitted to Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital on
Thursday after feeling sick during a meal at a hotel in Sao Paulo with
his wife and a friend.
They were all treated for poisoning, but
his body was too frail to cope and suffered septic shock which claimed
his life in the early hours of this morning.
Breathing apparatus was needed and he was also put on dialysis machines to remove bacteria from his blood.
Socrates
won 60 caps and was easily recognisable in his playing days as a
bearded 6ft 4in midfield genius with great passing ability
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[uredio Brane - 04. prosinca 2011. u 14:56]
Clint Eastwood: They go on and on with all this bullshit about “sanctity”—don’t give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.