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German nationalkeeper Robert Enke dies aged 32
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:59 pm
by VFLsmonan
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/s ... t.enke.ap/
RIP Robert , I'll never forget the pictures of you sitting next to the team bus and crying because of our first relegation into 2. division

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:13 pm
by William the White
that is appalling... RIP...
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:15 pm
by Whookam
Very sad

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:32 pm
by wovlad
Just said on 5 live that they think it was suicide. Hit by a train while parked on a level crossing, poor chap lost his daughter to cancer 3 years ago, all very sad. RIP hope you find peace in heaven.
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:15 pm
by Hoboh
Very sad, no age at all, RIP
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:05 am
by Tombwfc
I've got more sympathy for the poor guy who hit him, but it's still terribly tragic.
RIP.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:42 pm
by Dr Hotdog
RIP
Very sad news.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:49 pm
by bobo the clown
wovlad wrote:Just said on 5 live that they think it was suicide. Hit by a train while parked on a level crossing, poor chap lost his daughter to cancer 3 years ago, all very sad. RIP hope you find peace in heaven.
You can't imagine the turmoil that must be in someone's head to do this ... given that he has another small child & wife and in every other way his life seems a magnificent one. It shows that money & fame can't cover everything.
I also agree with Tom that this touches other lives too, now.
Still, very sad indeed.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:03 pm
by Fredi
So sorry about this. I saw Robert play against my adopted German club, VfB Stuttgart, two years ago. He was one of the good guys, liked and respected by opponents as well as his own fans. Ich hoffe, dass du jetzt im Frieden bist, Robert.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:15 pm
by General Mannerheim
Robert Enke originally wanted to be a midfielder, but he couldn't cross to save his life!
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:38 pm
by Bruno
In occasions like this I can't help but feel sorry for the poor train driver, just doing his job and then has to cope with all this.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:20 pm
by KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab
Or his wife, who not only had to go through the grief of losing a child, but also to go through the anguish of having to support a husband with severe depression for so long, and the ensuing grief from this. Got to be a strong woman through all this.
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:38 pm
by Bruno
Not bad
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:47 pm
by KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab
Stop it.
Not your average WAG, from what I saw in her press conference earlier today. Just coming across as someone who's accepting that it's a very public death, rather than going into her shell and becoming a pariah by the press (tell me it wouldn't happen, I dare you).
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:51 pm
by Bruno
KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:Stop it.
Not your average WAG, from what I saw in her press conference earlier today. Just coming across as someone who's accepting that it's a very public death, rather than going into her shell and becoming a pariah by the press (tell me it wouldn't happen, I dare you).
Can't beat a German woman for strength
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:31 am
by Fredi
I have a lot of respect for how his wife conducted herself at the press conference - very brave and dignified. Somehow got the impression, as I did from the doctor, that she almost expected something like this. Hope the poor lass gets some space now, as she's had a hell of a lot to deal with in the past few years.
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:23 pm
by General Mannerheim
Turns out Robert Enke's local HMV had sold out of Modern Warfare 2!