Umaga Dies at age 37

Breaking news for the Samoan community. I’m writing this because it is the right thing to do, especially when one of are breaking stars from our island of Samoa has passed. Edward "Umaga" Fatu has just recently passed on December 5, 2009. How sad is it to end the year with a death? He suffered a massive heart attack that led to the bleeding of his nose and his body stiffening. His wife found him on the couch in this manner at their home in Texas and immediately called 911; there he was hospitalized and was treated with critical condition. He was in intensive care, but it was too late. Etiuati (Umaga's name pronounced in his native language Samoan) was pronounced dead after suffering a second heart attack at 7:00pm. I know I’m late with this news. I just found out on pacificflavah.com owned by my brother Siona Siva. Now, our island of Samoa has already suffered devastation with the earthquake and tsunami that left us with our people injured and killed. To hear another life has passed at such a young age. I feel so sad. What did we do to deserve such misery? I guess we will never know. He was 36.