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A husband and father died suddenly during an international flight while returning home from celebrating his wife’s birthday with her

Relatives identified 39-year-old Andres Castro of Oregon as the victim

“This is not a grief we ever imagined facing so soon,” one of his siblings said

An Oregon man has died after suffering a heart attack during a flight home with his wife as they were celebrating her birthday in Bolivia.

Andres Castro, 39, of Clackamas, was identified as the victim, according to a GoFundMe organized by one of his younger siblings, Teo Ramirez.

The fundraiser was started to help transport Castro home after his sudden death on Monday, Aug. 25, which was described as “an unimaginable loss,” as his family navigates how to retrieve his body from foreign autho

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