B.C. man dies, three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear

‘Courageous and Strong’ BC Man Dies Three Weeks After Fighting Off Grizzly Bear

A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack. Joe Pendry’s wife, Janice Pendry, says he died on Saturday morning, from what doctors believed was a blood clot that led to cardiac arrest. “I’m just at a loss,” Janice Pendry said. “It’s just hard. It was unexpected. The night before, he was doing just fine. He was laughing, he was kidding…

'Courageous and strong' B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear

By Wolfgang Depner

B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off mother grizzly bear

A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack.

Man survived bear attack as beast clamped jaw around head - only to die weeks later

Joe Pendry, 63, lost a finger and had part of his head scalped in the brutal bear attack where he managed to make it out alive after blasting the animal's leg with a firearm

B.C. man dies, three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear

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B.C. man dies weeks after rescuing himself from the jaws of a grizzly bear

Joe Pendry used his experience as a boxer to fight for his life when a mother grizzly attacked and severely injured him in B.C.'s East Kootenay region earlier this month.