The popular american sports journalist Ed Aschoff reported 2. december out on Instagram that he had received a lung inflammation, when he, as a journalist, covered the match between Ohio State and Michigan in american football. It was the beginning of a poignant, tragic story that ended with that he 22 days after. on the christmas eve, which was also his birthday, passed quietly into death.
It writes over the media, including his own employer, the major american TV company ESPN
2. december wrote Ed Aschoff, who was always ready with a humorous remark, the following on Instagram:
– To cover the match was a lot of fun. But to get pneumonia at the same time – not so fun. But, hello. I is the ice hockey player, explained Ed Aschoff with a sarcastic twinkle in the eye on the match that was played in the frost-degrees, which perhaps was instrumental, he got pneumonia.
But the innocent pneumonia was disastrous for Ed Aschoff. Only two days after he had got the disease, who had not yet developed into a life-threatening illness, he wrote the following love letter to his fiance, Katy Berteau, as he should have been married in april 2020 in the context of a planned wedding in New Orleans.
‘To get the pneumonia is quite terrible. It is the worst. But it helps to have a sweet angel to take care of herself, even though she is on top of the purchase risk yourself to get the soul-crushing disease. All the soup, and the delicious meals she served to me, has helped me to avoid to crawl over in a corner and lie down and cry all day. I love you. Thank you because you are in my hosteanfald at 05.00 in the morning.’
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Having pneumonia is pretty terrible. Like the absolute worst. But it helps having this sweet angel taking care of you even when she’s risking getting this soul-crushing illness herself. All the soup, tea and delicious meals have kept me from crawling into a corner and crying the days away. Love you, babe. Thanks for putting up with my 5 am coughing fits @katybert #wcw
Sports reporter Ed Aschoff covering american football at the college level for the major u.s. sports channel ESPN. In a Danish context is high school sports a pretty little thing. But in the UNITED states is college sport, a huge. The teams that play in the best league in us college football, had a 2018 total of 34 million spectators in 815 matches. This corresponds to an average of 41.509 spectators.
The major u.s. sports channel ESPN wrote the following about the popular journalist:
‘It is with great sadness that we can now announce Ed Aschoff has died after a short illness. Our thoughts go out to his near and dear ones.’
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Exactly one year …
Ed Aschoffs bereaved fiancee Katy Berteau has yesterday written tribute on his own Instagram, where she explains to Ed Aschoff in connection with the disease was resistant to the antibiotic medicine. He developed then the disease ‘hæmofagocytisk lymphocytes-histiocytose’, there is a disturbance of the immune defence, which get the immune defence to attack itself. In the last three days of his life was Ed Aschoff admitted to an intensive care department, where he is on christmas eve passed quietly into.
On Instagram, writes Katy Berteua among other things, the following in his obituary:
‘He was constantly the doctors and nurses to laugh, and spent a lot of time to tell them that he appreciated their work. He also loved christmas so much, that he even from the intensive care department secretly talked with my friends, so they could pack the gifts in to me, so I could be surprised on christmas eve.’
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#RESTORE the two a pretty fun work week #Wahoos #NationalChampionship #NationalChamps #UVA @uvamenshoops
Here is Edward Aschoff on the work in connection with a match. (Photo: Private/Facebook)
