Sad to hear this. He was a player that I admired, and seemed like a nice and decent bloke. What else is there to say, really, except the fact that he will be missed...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 Wembley Masters champion was diagnosed with dozens of neuro endocrine tumours of the lining of his stomach in March 2005.
Despite chemotherapy treatment, Hunter continued to compete professionally but won only one match last season and fell from fifth to 34th in the rankings.
Paul Hunter has died... :(
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Yi-Long
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Paul Hunter has died... :(
I was there, the big BNB blackout of november, 2008. We lost many that day...
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I read about this only a couple of hours ago. Quite shocked to hear it, but then, that's what cancer is capable of.
The fact that he was a local Yorkshire lad (and being just shy of 2 years older than myself) increased my interest in the game, and it seemed as though just as he was about to blaze a new trail when he was struck with the tumor.
RIP.
The fact that he was a local Yorkshire lad (and being just shy of 2 years older than myself) increased my interest in the game, and it seemed as though just as he was about to blaze a new trail when he was struck with the tumor.
RIP.
As Yi said he seemed a nice genuine guy, and competed to the end.