During the third round of the 2010 World Senior Chess Championship in Arco, Italy, Fløtten collapsed at the chessboard, and despite rapid intervention from medical personnel, his life could not be saved.
Erling Blöndal Bengtsson | Erling Eidem | Erling Rønneberg | Erling Porsild | Erling Møldrup | Erling Kagge | Erling Foss | Erling Evensen | ''Death of Erling Skjalgsson''
Illustration by Peter Nicolai Arbo |