Paul Sherwen, SBS TDF commentator, has died aged 62

[redsonic]

ABC News

[MichaelB]

Sad indeed, and only 62.

No cause mentioned anywhere ?

[march83]

Quite often when no cause is given it's suicide.

Very sad news. He will be missed.

[Joeblake]

Irreplaceable.

[AdelaidePeter]

Quite often when no cause is given it's suicide.

Very sad news. He will be missed.

Generally when it's suicide there are links to Beyond Blue etc.
I just did a quick Google and the cause appears to be genuinely unknown at the moment.

[march83]

Yeah, I'm puzzled by that too - if the causes were genuinely unknown wouldn't they say something to that effect? It's kind of strange.

But beside the point anyway, I'll sorely miss his voice on SBS...

[queequeg]

Quite often when no cause is given it's suicide.

Very sad news. He will be missed.

Generally when it's suicide there are links to Beyond Blue etc.
I just did a quick Google and the cause appears to be genuinely unknown at the moment.

You mean like the links at the bottom here?

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sbs-tour-de ... -in-uganda

[AdelaidePeter]

Yeah, I'm puzzled by that too - if the causes were genuinely unknown wouldn't they say something to that effect?

ESPN said just that http://www.espn.com.au/olympics/story/_ ... en-dies-62

Whatever happened, it is far too young

[Mububban]

He'll be missed

[singlespeedscott]

Sad news indeed. He and Phil's commentary got a little irritating towards the end but for 20 odd years for me they where part of the reason I stayed up and watched the tour on SBS.

[rokwiz]

RIP Paul,
His knowledge and commentary throughout the years on the TDF coverage was sadly missed by myself in recent years and now I hear this.

[baabaa]

Hmmm, rubbish news.
If you need a bit of a distraction try this...

while it has very little commentary, my guess is that in his day, Paul would have loved to have raced this bit go at it hard as you can type ride.

[g-boaf]

ABC News

What?

A colleague at work mentioned something about this, but I had been in meetings all day and in a news vacuum. I'm shocked.

RIP Paul Sherwen - 62 is too young.

[Ivanerrol]

Article here : https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/5663/cyc ... es-aged-62

mentions Heart Failure. He was living in Uganda.

[singlespeedscott]

I have just read his death has been attributed to heart failure

What is it with cyclists and dodgy tickers? It certainly no like Sherwen let himself go after retirement.

[fat and old]

Yeah, bummer. I really liked Bill and Ben the flowerpot men as commentators. Never read anything bad about him either.

[Ivanerrol]

I have just read his death has been attributed to heart failure

What is it with cyclists and dodgy tickers? It certainly no like Sherwen let himself go after retirement.

This maybe a little harsh but after having lived in similar environments.
Unfortunately he lived in a third world country where ambulance drivers are not paramedics - they are drivers to get you to the hospital - after you have negotiated the cost of transport.

[singlespeedscott]

From what I’ve read he died in his sleep. Nothing a paramedic could of done for that. Regardless a fit guy in his 60’s really should be at the low end of heart related issues.

[NASHIE]

From what I’ve read he died in his sleep. Nothing a paramedic could of done for that. Regardless a fit guy in his 60’s really should be at the low end of heart related issues.

While being fit helps, unfortunatly heart issues hit us all. Spent a few days in ICU cardic ward with pericarditus a few years ago and the demographic was anyone and everyone.

https://health.spectator.co.uk/ugo-ehio ... c-arrests/

[MattyK]

R.I.P.

Where did all the Phil&Paul haters go?

[warthog1]

Interesting article on some adaptive changes that may occur in the athlete's heart.

https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/arti ... 45/2293352

[P!N20]

Here's Paul raising the bar:

[NASHIE]

^ Wrong thread?

Anyway, here's Paul raising the bar:

Great shot.

Nice thread below

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 2&t=364972

[P!N20]

Nice thread below

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... 2&t=364972

Awesome. User Dadoflam is an infrequent poster here - I'd love to hear a bit more about that Motobecane.

[CKinnard]

Always sad to see a decent high achieving guy into sport and fitness go out early.

Heart Failure is an odd descriptor for cause of death.
It's usually used for chronic compromised heart pump capacity, not acute fatal heart events.

If he had a chronic condition, then it would be more likely to have been managed well by his doctors.

As for cyclists and their hearts, sports science in Sherwin's time wasn't as insightful, so heart damage was more likely.
And it was a time when many were on heart damaging PEDs, though Sherwin has always denied anything to do with them.