{"id":115946,"date":"2020-08-27T08:39:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T12:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=115946"},"modified":"2020-08-27T09:02:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:02:49","slug":"jamaican-footballer-dashawn-taka-stanton-dies-in-antigua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jamaican-footballer-dashawn-taka-stanton-dies-in-antigua\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican Footballer Dashawn \u201cTaka\u201d Stanton dies in Antigua"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Footballer Dashawn \u201cTaka\u201d Stanton died at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mount St. John\u2019s Medical Centre.<\/p>

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The midfield player who was diagnosed with encephalitis was in coma for several days and never recovered.<\/p>\n

Family members in Jamaica have been notified.<\/p>

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Stanton has been in Antigua for five years, pursuing a football career.<\/p>

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However, Stanton fell ill on August 14 after he started experiencing severe headaches.<\/p>\n

The condition of Stanton, 25, who played for Tivoli Gardens Football Club in Jamaica worsened.<\/p>

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After tests revealed he has an infection around his brain, he fell into a coma last week and died one week later.<\/p>\n

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