BBC DJ Danny Stubbs dies aged 40 after rare cancer diagnosis

BBC DJ Danny Stubbs has died aged 40.

The euphony producer, who regularly appeared connected BBC Radio, was diagnosed with a uncommon signifier of cancer successful August 2023.

After being told helium had signifier 4 oesophageal adenocarcinoma, a signifier of digestive strategy cancer, Stubbs was told by doctors that the crab was inoperable.

It dispersed to his lymph nodes and bones successful his spine.

Before his diagnosis, Stubbs had lone experienced trouble swallowing, acerb reflux, and hiccoughing, which his woman said ‘seemed innocent’.

She’s present paid tribute to him, calling him ‘incredible’.

‘It has been a travel of monolithic lows and monolithic highs,’ Danielle said, aft Stubbs was told palliative chemotherapy was the lone enactment for attraction disposable to him.

The mates got joined conscionable weeks aft his diagnosis, with Stubbs having asked her dada for her manus successful matrimony earlier ‘the unforeseen happened’.

Speaking to StokeonTrentLive, Danielle went on: ‘His cognition from the opening was incredible.

‘He didn’t privation to perceive to the prognosis, and helium wanted to beryllium to the doctors that they were wrong.

‘I cognize helium was warring to beryllium with me. The past fewer months person been incredibly hard, but helium was truthful strong.

‘It’s not fair, but beingness went this way. It’s hard to adjacent deliberation astir the future, due to the fact that it’s not the beingness that we imagined. I conscionable privation to support making him proud.’

Stubbs died astatine St Luke’s Hospice successful Winsford connected August 24, with a ceremonial to beryllium held tomorrow.

He is survived by his wife, daughter, brothers and parents.

Danielle went on: ‘I’m truthful arrogant of however Danny fought to enactment with me, helium ne'er gave up and his mentality was truthful beardown adjacent up until the end. Danny inactive wins. Taking attraction of him was the top privilege, loving him was an honour.’

She added: ‘I americium truthful grateful for the clip we had unneurotic but it would person been selfish of maine to support him erstwhile the crab was cruel. Danny is nary longer successful symptom and astatine bid now.

‘The astir beauteous person, loved by everyone. I volition treasure our emotion forever. I emotion you, I miss you and volition spot you connected the different broadside my saccharine husband.’

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