Fıle Swıtzerland Samaranch Obıt

epa02126200 (FILE) A file picture dated 13 August 2008 shows former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch (R) during a press conference with IOC President Jacques Rogge (C)Gianna Angelopoulos- Daskalaki (L), President of the Athens Organising Committee (ATHOC), before a ceremony to mark the sending of the invitations to Athens 2004 Olympics at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Former IOC president Samaranch died on 21 April 2010 at the age of 89. The Quiron Hospital in Barcelona said Samaranch died after being admitted with heart problems. Samaranch headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001. He retired as the second-longest serving president in the history of the IOC.  EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON