According to the International Business Times, a man has died from sleep deprivation from staying awake to watch the World Cup.
The 25-year-old Chinese man, from east China city Suzhou, had stayed up “for days” to watch the opening matches of this year’s tournament, but is thought to have died from excessive lack of sleep hours after watching the Netherlands beat Spain 5-1.
He was taken to the People’s Hospital of Xiangcheng, where doctors ruled that the death was related to an excessive lack of sleep , but could not specify whether the cause was physical exhaustion or possible attack heart, reported Spanish daily Mundo Deportivo.
