A well known author and poet died in his car after watching his favourite football team play, the club has announced. Les Barker who had written over 70 books and released more than 20 albums died aged 75 on Sunday, January 15 in the car park of The New Saints of Oswestry Town football ground.
The club said that Les watched The New Saints defeat Newtown 7-0 in the JD Welsh Cup, but unfortunately, he never made it home. On Sunday morning at approximately 8:45am, he was found unresponsive in his car by a member of the building’s cleaning staff who promptly notified the emergency services.
Both the police and paramedics were quickly on the scene, but despite their best efforts to revive him, he was sadly pronounced dead in the car park shortly after. The club said it is suspected he had died of a heart attack.
