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"The late" Mark DeMeyer

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Kelly Beard

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97
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I received the EuroSport coverage of the Tour of Flanders, and prior to
going to the live coverage, they showed a 'history' of Flanders. In it,
David Duffield happened to mention "the late" Mark DeMeyer, winner of 1976
Paris-Roubaix. If you've seen "A Sunday In Hell", then you know DeMeyer's
win was a great one, beating the likes of DeVlaeminck, Moser, and Kuiper in
the sprint.

So, my question is, how is it that DeMeyer passed away?

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Howard Pringle

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97
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If memory serves me, he died of a heart attack at home.

Remember seeing an obit somewhere but can't put my hands on it right now.

I believe he was one of the first of the rash of heart problem victims
that started cropping up in the '80s.

I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm mistaken on the above ;)

Howard Pringle
hpri...@omnifest.uwm.edu

Ilan Katz

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97
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> -- Arnold Schwarzenegger (Conan The Barbarian)DeMeyer was in fact at home when he died.He was 31 years old
and i dont recall exactly but i think he went up to his
bedroom to do a crossword puzzle in bed and died of a
cardiac related problem.

ilan

Kelly Beard

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Apr 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/22/97
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No1z fool

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Apr 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/23/97
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Sorry, but it was suicide guys.........


Roger Thomas

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Apr 23, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/23/97
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n Tue, 22 Apr 1997 09:37:28 -0500, "Kelly Beard" <kbe...@trendar.com>
wrote:

>
>So, my question is, how is it that DeMeyer passed away?

Born in 1950, Marc Demeyer died on January 19, 1982 after a heart
attack. Earlier in the day he had trained for 100km with Luc De Smet
and had then gone to collect equipment from the house of the directeur
sportif of his new team, Splendor, Albert De Kimpe. Apart from his win
in the 1976 Paris--Roubaix, Demeyer's palmares included:

1972: 1st GP d'Isbergues
1st A Travers la Belgique

1974: 1st Paris--Brussels
1st GP Cerami
3rd Paris--Roubaix

1975: 3rd Tour of Flanders

1976: 3rd Tour of Flanders

1977: 2nd Paris--Brussels

1979: 2nd Tour of Flanders
3rd Championship of Zurich

1980: 2nd Paris--Brussels=20

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