Man with heart bypass dies after 2,400-mile cycle

A MAN who cycled across the US after heart bypass surgery gave him a second chance at life has died of a heart attack, one day after completing the 2,400-mile trip.

Broc Bebout, a 57-year-old retired engineer, died on Thursday on the drive back to his home in Anderson, Indiana, one day after completing the ride from Carlsbad, California, to Brunswick, Georgia.

His wife, Patricia Brinkman, said cycling became Bebout’s ticket to nearly 20 years of good health after quadruple-bypass surgery at age 39.