Juan Antonio Samaranch, the 89-year-old former president of the International Olympic Committee, has died, the IOC have confirmed.
‘The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was deeply saddened to learn today of the death of Juan Antonio Samaranch,’ the IOC said in a statement.
Spaniard Samaranch, who was made the IOC's honorary life president when he stepped down in 2001, was admitted to hospital in Barcelona on Sunday with acute heart problems.
The hospital said Samaranch died at 11.35am of cardio-respiratory failure.
Former IOC president passes away
