A MUSIC lover’s sons have donated a defibrillator to a concert hall in his memory after he died of an unexpected heart condition.

Trevor Attwell regularly went to the Brighton Dome to watch the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra.

But earlier this year he died of a sudden heart condition.

Now sons Mark and Nigel have donated a defibrillator to the concert hall he loved in his memory.

“He was fit as a fiddle and it was a shock that he died very suddenly at home from heart failure,” said Mark.

“If it can happen to him, it can happen to anybody.

“My mum had a history of heart problems and when she passed away, my father donated the defibrillator to Lancing.

“We wanted to do the same in his memory.

“He was a friend of Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra.

“He went to all of their concerts here at Brighton Dome.

“So we thought this was an appropriate place to have it located.”

The life-saving defibrillator was arranged with the help of the Sussex Heart Charity.

Chief executive Terry Ayres said the defibrillator would be vital for anyone with a heart condition.

“Placing this equipment in busy places like Brighton Dome,means that anyone suffering a cardiac arrest in that location can be helped quickly and will improve their recovery rate,” he said.

“We would like to express our sincere thanks to Mark, Nigel and their family and friends for supporting our work in this very special way.”

Trevor Attwell supported the first Lancing’s first publicly funded defibrillator.

It was installed in memory of his late wife Peggy.

That donation was also arranged with the help of the Sussex Heart Charity, which is trying to place as many defibrillators as possible in public places.

About 30,000 people every year suffer from sudden cardiac arrest, which can occur without warning.

If defibrillators are used within the first minute of collapse, the victim’s chances of survival are close to 90 per cent.

The survival rate decreases the longer defibrillation is delayed.

The Attwells’ donation means the Brighton Dome now has two defibrillators.

Dome chief executive Andrew Comben welcomed the donation following Trevor Attwell’s legacy of enabling emergency life-saving equipment to be made available in public places across the county.