Andy Irons dead - RIP - Tribute song
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Andy Irons dead - RIP - Tribute song
This is my tribute song to Andy Irons. Here is the article below on his death. RIP. He will be missed! As word gets out about the untimely death of three time surfing world champion Andy Irons (32) earlier today, the surfing world is reeling in disbelief. Sources and reports from surf news media outlets such as Transworld Surf and Surfer magazines, ESPN and Fox Sports News as well as surfing's tight-knit social media "friend" lists on Facebook are reporting that on Saturday Irons pulled out of his heat at the Rip Curl Pro Search, now on in Puerto Rico, because he was too ill to compete and wished to return home. Sources say that he was too sick to board a connecting flight in Texas on his way back home to Kauai. Ill and grounded, he apparently booked a hotel room on Monday where his body was found this morning. The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is yet to issue an official statement but Irons' main sponsor Billabong did issue an official press release confirming his passing. No official word about the cause of death has been released, but sources close to Irons say that he had been suffering from symptoms consistent with dengue fever (also known as dengue flu) for the past few days. Fellow pro surfer Australian Mark Occhilupo also told Fox Sports News that Irons had contracted dengue fever before and was prone to recurrent symptoms whenever Irons felt sick or run down. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dengue is caused by one ...
YouTube | November 3, 2010
