46yr old died in front of his wife at his work Christmas party after dancing to Gangnam Style

Afrik Update

By Hugo Gye

A father collapsed and died of a heart attack in front of his wife and co-workers minutes after dancing energetically to Gangnam Style at his office Christmas party.

Eamonn Kilbride, 46, had been imitating the vigorous dance moves of the Korean 

YouTube hit when he began to suffer from chest pains on Saturday evening.

Shocked colleagues from the Thwaites brewery in Blackburn looked on as paramedics tried in vain to revive the Irish father of three at the office party.

His wife Julie was with him celebrating her birthday at the event at the Whitehall Hotel in Darwen, Lancashire.

                                                    

 Gangnam Style, by South Korean rapper Psy, is the most popular video on YouTube

Mr Kilbride began to complain of chest pains shortly before he collapsed, whereupon his wife tried to save his life using CPR.

Although paramedics were on the scene just five minutes later, the IT manager was pronounced dead on arrival at Royal Blackburn Hospital shortly after 11.30pm.

                 
Gangnam Style, by South Korean rapper Psy, is the most popular video on YouTube

The coroner who examined him concluded that he had suffered from acute heart failure.

Mrs Kilbride, from Burnley, paid tribute to the 'loving husband' she married 23 years ago, and said he was a man who always put his family first.

'I want people to know how he would help anybody whether it was a life-long friend, or someone he had just met,' she said.

His wife said: 'Eamonn was such an intelligent man, he inspired our children and made sure they had a good education.'

Mr Kilbride, a keen golfer, had three children - Laurajade, 22, Jack, 21, and Conor, 18, who are all at university.