Who was snooker legend Paul Hunter and what was his cause of death?

PAUL HUNTER was an iconic snooker subordinate erstwhile helium was live and his bequest has continued agelong aft his decease aged conscionable 27.

Every twelvemonth astatine the Masters tourney the sportsman is remembered, with competitors playing for the Paul Hunter Trophy.

Who was snooker fable Paul Hunter?

Paul Hunter was a British snooker subordinate who sadly died successful 2006.

He was known for his agelong blonde hair which earned him comparisons to David Beckham and the nickname "Beckham of the Baize".

Hunter was calved connected October 15, 1978, successful Yorkshire.

He was a keen snooker subordinate from a young property and made his nonrecreational debut successful July 1995 erstwhile helium was conscionable 16 years old.

Paul won the Masters 3 times, taking location the titles successful 2001, 2002, and 2004.

He besides won the Welsh Open successful 1998 and 2002, and the British Open successful 2002. 

After his death, the sportsman was posthumously awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and successful 2017 the Masters trophy was renamed successful his honour.

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One of Paul's astir celebrated snooker matches was his triumph implicit Ronnie O'Sullivan successful the last of the 2004 Masters.

In 2024, to people the 20 twelvemonth day of the iconic game, O'Sullivan paid tribute to his precocious rival.

He said: "Paul was an unbelievable talent. He decidedly had that prima powerfulness and transcended the game.

"He was the Beckham of snooker, wasn't he? He was a bully looking boy, helium ever had a grin connected his look and was a bully lad.

"I had immoderate bully times and immoderate bully memories with Paul, helium volition ne'er beryllium forgotten, each the players loved him.

"He volition ever beryllium successful the hearts of the snooker players and everybody who knew him."

Who was Paul Hunter's woman Lindsey Hunter?

Paul joined his woman Lindsey Hunter, née Fell, successful August 2004.

The mates held their wedding successful Jamaica.

Lindsey was a quality therapist but aboriginal became an author.

After his death, Lindsey wrote a book astir her precocious husband's beingness titled Unbreakable: My Life with Paul – a Story of Extraordinary Courage and Love.

In the book, Lindsey details Paul's unwellness and devastating death.

In 1 peculiarly affectional conception she writes: "I can't adjacent statesman to accidental however overmuch I miss him, but the emotion we built unneurotic was truthful beardown that it volition unrecorded connected forever.

"I privation to convey him for Evie. For the beingness helium near america with. For the friends helium gave me. For the memories and for the things that are inactive happening due to the fact that of him.

"I'll clasp his emotion successful my bosom for arsenic agelong arsenic I unrecorded and I privation I could accidental to him that adjacent if I knew we had to spell done it each again: 'I'd inactive prime you, babes. I'd inactive prime you.'"

Did Paul Hunter person immoderate children?

Paul welcomed 1 child with woman Lindsey Hunter earlier his tragic death.

The mates had a girl successful December 2005 and named their small miss Evie Rose.

Paul sadly died successful October 2006, erstwhile Evie was conscionable 10 months old.

In 2013 it was reported that Lindsey had welcomed different girl and named her Freya.

The Mirror reported astatine the clip that Lindsey was "over the moon" to springiness Evie a small sister.

What was Paul Hunter's origin of death?

In October 2006, Paul died of cancer astatine the property of 27.

He had been diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumours successful April 2005.

According to the NHS, a neuroendocrine tumour is "a uncommon tumour that tin make successful galore antithetic organs of the body."

They adhd that the rumours "affect the cells that merchandise hormones into the bloodstream."

Hunter died astatine Kirkwood Hospice successful Huddersfield.

His funeral took spot connected October 19, 2006, astatine Leeds Parish Church.