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The body of the Jamaican footballer who died in Antigua last month will be repatriated on Sept. 19, the Jamaican consulate here has announced.<\/p>

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According to the consulate, it has been speaking with and assisting the family of Dashawn \u2018Taka<\/b>\u2019 Stanton, 26, who died at the Mount St. John\u2019s Medical Centre following a brief period of illness.<\/p>\n

Stanton lived in Antigua and Barbuda for the last five years pursuing his football career.<\/p>

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He died on Aug. 26 after he was placed in a medically induced coma to assist his recovery from an infection in his brain. He started experiencing severe headaches on Aug.14.<\/p>

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A private ceremony will be held in his memory on Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

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