'My dad died on the massage table - it was completely out the blue'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A popular dad died after having a heart attack while getting a massage. Kevin Lewis suffered a cardiac arrest in Stockport in November last year while getting treatment for a bad back he had complained about for years, as reported by the MEN.Former amateur football coach Kevin died at the age of 62.

Kevin's beloved son Luke is now warning others to be on the look out for hidden heart conditions and to know the symptoms.The 32-year-old said the shock death came 'completely out the blue', describing his dad as a ‘big character' who was ‘fit, pretty active and always out walking’.Luke said: “It wasn’t like cancer that happens slowly, it was a shock, I can’t even get my head over it a year and half down the line.”He added: “They couldn’t give us a solid answer, it’s one of those where we assume it’s something like a blocked artery, but truth be told they can’t go into that much detail.”"He was always out walking In the latter stages, he was doing property renovation stuff, he was doing work on his own house, so he was up and down ladders doing all sorts on the house.

He was fairly active hence why it was a shock.”Kevin's passing has prompted the whole family to go an get their hearts checked out.

Luke is warning the public that symptoms for underlying heart conditions can be hard to identify and are complex in terms of prevention.“It’s a really complicated one, your mind starts to wander a lot of the time,” said Luke. “Why me?