World Champion Surfer Andy Irons Found Dead In Hotel

Three times world surfing champion Andy Irons was found dead Tuesday in a hotel room in Dallas. 32 years, was returning home to Hawaii, the competition in Puerto Rico.

"A world of surfing provides an incredibly sad loss today with the news that Hawaii's Andy Irons is dead," said a statement posted on the site of his sponsors Billabong surfwear.

"Iron, 32, retired from professional surfing event in Puerto Rico last week due to illness and died during a stopover en route to his home in Kauai, Hawaii.

"He was struggling with dengue fever, a viral disease."

The world's surfing media reported that Irons became sick during the Rip Curl Search contest in Puerto Rico this week and pulled out of the event.

He then spent two days in Miami on an intravenous drip, but insisted on heading home to see his own doctor. However, Irons became more sick and could not make a connecting flight to Hawaii out of Dallas and checked into a hotel.

Hotel staff found him dead the next morning in room Irons.
Irons was one of the world's greatest competitive surfers and big wave riders, he won three consecutive world titles in 2002-2004. Irons is survived by his wife, Lyndie, who is pregnant with their first child.

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