“He said ‘I don’t want to die. I’ll prove the b.... wrong’.” Kenworthy bought a house in Kaitāia for Srhoj to live in once he was rehabilitated, along with two other people with quadriplegia, so the three could provide company to each other and share nursing resources.
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Jeff Srhoj, far right, pictured with some of his family, is described as a people person who loved to have long yarns. She believed he died from either an infection or pneumonia, with a post-mortem examination expected to be completed on Tuesday to give more answers. Doctors had started him on antibiotics the day before he died, but Kenworthy was not sure what for.