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$tevo
10-10-06, 01:01 AM
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Paul Hunter has died at the age of 27 after a battle with cancer.
The Leeds player was taken into the Kirkwood Hospice in Huddersfield last Friday and died on Monday evening.

The three-time Masters champion was diagnosed with dozens of neuro endocrine tumours on the lining of his stomach in March 2005.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6035879.stm
PaulyMac
10-10-06, 01:20 AM
OMG, thats sad news indeed. He was such a great tallent and one of the new generation of snooker players who made the game interesting and fun to watch again. He'll be greatly missed.


R.I.P Paul Hunter
MavUK
10-10-06, 06:08 AM
RIP
hovis
10-10-06, 07:18 AM
i liked him, its sad to see somone so young die of cancer
Jabba
10-10-06, 08:25 AM
RIP.

A true nice guy, who accepted defeat as graciously and modestly as he did a win.
keithd
10-10-06, 08:53 AM
any loss of life is a tragedy, this more so as he was so young and he leaves a wife and 9 month old baby

RIP "beckham of the baize"

Keith
Alpinestarhero
10-10-06, 09:48 AM
I wondered why he passed away. Very sad to hear that, im not into snooker, but i understand he was a very good player. Certainly gave the sport an image boost.

Unfortunatly, cancer is something that the more we understand about it, the more comlicated it gets, making it harder to find better treatment.

Sad news, its a shame to hear about anyone passing away.

Thoughts are with his family.

Matt
Law
10-10-06, 10:13 AM
R.I.P. Paul Hunter

I thought he was going to beat the cancer when he was first diagnosed with it and came back to play in tournaments.
Supervox
10-10-06, 10:30 AM
RIP [-o<

I'm not a big snooker fan - but there is one staory I always remember about Paul Hunter :-

During the 2001(?) Masters tournament he was trailing quite badly to his opponent . . .

So, he decided that instead of hanging around the tournament venue during a break he would return to his hotel with his then girlfriend for a lttle 'relaxation' :wink:

On his return he promptly proceeded to wipe the floor with his opponent & ended up winning the match 10 - 9 :D

So there you go people - that's the answer if it's all going horribly wrong on any given day !! :lol:
Warthog
10-10-06, 02:22 PM
Man that is terribly sad, he was so young! I feel very sorry for his wife and kids.
rob13
10-10-06, 04:45 PM
terrible news

RIP