Capstick died during heart surgery to correct previous bypass surgery. My wife was trying to set up a meet with him and his wife when we went over July 99 and had sent a book to him to autograph. Weheard about his death in the papers and recieved a note from Fiona Capstick and the book we had sent.
He rekindled my interest in going to hunt in Africa and I'll always be grateful for that.
Ralph
05 June 2001, 15:02
<R. A. Berry>I have heard that PHC survived the coronary artery bypass grafting, but then required another procedure on his carotid artery a short time later, or some kind of emergency vascular procedure within a few days of the the CABG, before he had recuperated from the first surgery. Soon after the second surgery, he threw a pulmonary embolus and died suddenly. This was likely a blood clot from a deep vein in the lower extremity that dislodged, must have been pretty massive. Even with proper anticoagulation (heparin, etc.) this can happen. When a patient is so disabled and immobilized by repeated major surgeries and general anesthetics, it is a setup for complications. Also, it sounds like PHC may have had a myocardial infarction prior to his emergency surgery, or during it, or in the immediate post-op period. Never a good setting to do surgery.
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Good huntin' and shootin',
RAB
08 June 2001, 04:18
<Buffman>Check out this Capstick tribute website. It has a brief story about Peter written by Tink Nathan (African Bowhunter)
http://www.geocities.com/phcafrica/