MADRID, 26 (EUROPA PRESS)
Fortitudo Pallacanestro Bologna reported this Friday of the death of former Panamanian player Rubén Douglas, who also played for Valencia Basket and Cajasol (currently Real Betis), due to “a sudden health problem” at the age of 44.
“Shocked and unable to pronounce any words. This is the feeling that accompanies us after having answered a phone call from the United States. On the other end of the phone is Ramón Douglas, who chills our blood by giving us the most dramatic news: Rubén , his brother, is no longer here. A sudden health problem proved fatal to him a few days ago in Costa Rica,” Fortitudo said.
“At just 44 years old, the protagonist of one of the most emblematic moments in the history of the ‘Effe’ dies, with that unforgettable triple validated by ‘instant replay’ and which in June 2005 gave the Fortitudo its second ‘Scudetto’ ‘”, the Bolognese club has continued.
Their press release has indicated that “the entire Fortitudo family mourns, dismayed and heartbroken, the too premature death of an unforgettable actor who was the protagonist of their story, uniting in a moving and very strong hug to Rubén’s family “.
Valencia Basket has also offered its condolences for the death of Douglas, ‘taronja’ for several years. “He arrived at the club in 2006 from Dynamo Moscow and competed up to 119 times with the club’s shirt during his two and a half seasons with our team, both in the Endesa League and in the Eurocup,” the Valencian entity recalled in another note.
“In memory of his memory, a minute of silence will be observed in the next home game of the Valencia Basket men’s first team, next Saturday, May 4 against Joventut Badalona. The club wants to send his family a lot of encouragement and strength in these very complicated moments, and to convey all our support to them,” concluded Valencia Basket.
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2024-04-27 13:24:25