Paul Hunter Cause of Death: Full Details

Paul Hunter was an English professional snooker player who was born on October 14, 1978. Paul Hunter was also a three-time Master’s champion.

He won in the 2001, 2002 and 2004 tournaments. He also won three ranking events; the Welsh Open in 1998 and 2002 and the British Open in 2002.

Even though Paul Hunter was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumours in March 2005. Regardless of that, he played snooker for several months. Before his 28th Birthday in October 2006, Paul Hunter died.

A tournament in Furth, Germany was renamed the Paul Hunter Classic in his memory. Later in April 2016, the Masters trophy was renamed the Paul Hunter Trophy.

He was a prolific break-builder and was able to make 114-century breaks . He attained a career-high ranking of number four in the world during the 2004/2005 snooker season. He was posthumously awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year , Helen Rollason Award.

Paul Hunter had his education at St. Andrews Primary School as well as Cardinal Heenan High School.

At a very young age, he started playing snooker with his father. He won several amateur junior events which included the England Doubles Championship alongside Richard Brooke.

He had the chance to train with professional players such as Joe Johnson in Bradford.

During the 1995 English Amateur Championship, Paul Hunter was the runner-up after losing in the final to David Gray. His professional debut was in July 1995 when he was sixteen years old.

Paul Hunter’s Cause of Death

Paul Hunter died in October 2006. The cause of his death was cancer and he was 27 years old at the time of his death.

He had been diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors in April 2005 .

Even though he had undergone chemotherapy, his condition did not get better.

He died at the Kirkwood Hospice in Huddersfield.

Personal Life

Paul Hunter got married to Lindsey Fell in August 2004 in Jamaica. Lindsey Fell was a beauty therapist.

They had a daughter on December 26, 2005.

Paul Hunter was nicknamed Beckham of the Baize, a reference to football player, David Beckham.

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