Basketball player Chauncey Hardy killed in Romania

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American basketball player Chauncey Hardy has died after being attacked in a bar in Romania.

10 October,2011 02:53 am

Carmen Tocala, chief of the Romanian Basketball Federation, told GSP radio that Hardy died Sunday evening after suffering two heart attacks a day after he was beaten up Saturday night.Police spokeswoman Mirela Gheta said the 23-year-old Hardy had sustained severe head injuries and was in a coma when he was admitted to the hospital.Hardy died shortly after undergoing surgery in a Bucharest hospital.Hardy, who played for CSS Giurgiu in southern Romania, was celebrating victory over rivals Dinamo Bucharest in Giurgiu when several men were reported to have attacked him.