Former soccer player, Jean-Pierre Adams, has died after being in a coma for 39 years. The French athlete was 73-years-old when he died.

(CNN) — Jean-Pierre Adams, an ex-footballer who fell into a coma in 1982 following a botched knee operation, has died at the age of 73, his former clubs Nimes Olympique, Paris Saint-Germain and ...

Jean-Pierre, 68, is a former professional soccer player who helped France to win several World Cups in the 1970s. The Senegalese born star was one of the first men of color on the team.

Jean-Pierre Adams. AFP via Getty Images Born in Dakar, Senegal, on March 10, 1948, Adams began his career in Fontainebleu before he later moved to Nimes, CNN reported.

Jean-Pierre Adams, a former French soccer standout who played for Nice and Paris Saint-Germain during his career, died Monday after spending 39 years in a coma. He was 73.

OGC Nice, the club with which Adams spent much of his domestic career, said it would be paying tribute to its former player before its next home game against Monaco on September 19. " [We] are ...

That’s the question the family of former France international Jean-Pierre Adams, whose life was brutally turned upside down in 1982, asks itself every year on key anniversaries.

It has been nearly 40 years since soccer player Jean-Pierre Adams became comatose. On Monday, he died at the age of 73. Former France defender Jean-Pierre Adams fell into a coma after a medical ...

Since the accident, Adams has been cared for by his wife, Bernadette. She said in 2007: “Jean-Pierre feels, smells, hears, jumps when a dog barks. But he cannot see.” ...

Jean-Pierre Adams, an ex-footballer who fell into a coma in 1982 following a botched knee operation, has died at the age of 73, his former clubs Nimes Olympique, Paris Saint-Germain and Nice said.

Jean-Pierre Adams, the former French soccer player who spent 39 years in a coma following a routine knee surgery that went terribly wrong, died Monday. He was 73. “We learned this morning of the ...