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sudden collapses -> death = in almost 100% the cases is a problem with the heart or the brain, maybe lungs

he just returned from a trip to portugal, so he quite certainly was on a plane - if you remain in a bad sittitng position for hours on a plane emboli can form in the leg venes

I guess there is a good possibility this might be the cause here. An embolus that formed during the flight broke free while he performed gymnastics (emboli usually stick to the vascular wall) and traveled through his venes to the heart, the lungs or the brain, where it clogged up one of the main arteries.