Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

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  • Scraggers
    Premiership Moderator
    • Jun 2008
    • 3565
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    Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

    Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

    SEAN Wight, who starred for the Demons alongside fellow Irishman Jim Stynes, has died of lung cancer.

    Wight, 47, died this morning at the Freemasons Hospital, his family has confirmed.

    The Scots-born Irishman told the Herald Sun in May of the shock of discovering he had lung cancer, having enjoyed a ground-breaking AFL career built on extraordinary athleticism and skill.

    "I remember thinking 'Wow, here I am, 46, I've never smoked, never really drunk, and I've got lung cancer," he told Mike Sheahan.

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    • Scraggers
      Premiership Moderator
      • Jun 2008
      • 3565
      #2
      Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

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        • The Coon Dog
          Bulldog Team of the Century
          • Jan 2007
          • 7579
          #3
          Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

          Very sad news. A pioneer along with Jim Stynes.
          [COLOR="Red"][B][U][COLOR="Blue"]85, 92, 97, 98, 08, 09, 10... Break the curse![/COLOR][/U][/B][/COLOR]

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            • LostDoggy
              WOOF Member
              • Jan 2007
              • 8307
              #4
              Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

              That is so sad. 47 is way to young to die.

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                • AndrewP6
                  Bulldog Team of the Century
                  • Jan 2009
                  • 8142
                  #5
                  Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                  Cancer is such a cruel thing to have to go through. A sad loss. RIP.
                  [B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]

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                    • LostDoggy
                      WOOF Member
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 8307
                      #6
                      Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                      Very sad, RIP Sean.

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                        • Remi Moses
                          WOOF Member
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 14785
                          #7
                          Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                          Great athlete. Very good leap and read the play well.
                          Tragic loss way to young

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                            • Bornadog
                              WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 66840
                              #8
                              Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                              Two Irish players who came out together and played together with cancer.

                              Sean was so young to die at 47, very sad.
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                              Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                                • Max469
                                  WOOF Member
                                  • Jan 2007
                                  • 568
                                  #9
                                  Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                                  My prayers are with his family at this sad time.

                                  A friend of mine went to his fundraiser a couple of weeks ago and said he was in his wheelchair and there for only about half and hour.

                                  He said it was sad to see him in such a bad way.

                                  RIP Sean.
                                  [B][FONT="Book Antiqua"][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][I]I bleed Red,White & Blue[/I][/COLOR] [/FONT][/B]

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                                    • LostDoggy
                                      WOOF Member
                                      • Jan 2007
                                      • 8307
                                      #10
                                      Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                                      Let's hope we let Melbourne honour him properly tonight, even though it's our home game…

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                                        • Ghost Dog
                                          WOOF Member
                                          • May 2010
                                          • 9404
                                          #11
                                          Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                                          I just don't get it when people who have never smoked die from lung cancer. My grandfather went the same way. Tragic.
                                          You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus

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                                            • 1eyedog
                                              Hall of Fame
                                              • Mar 2008
                                              • 13240
                                              #12
                                              Re: Former Melbourne Demon Sean Wight dies after cancer battle

                                              Great player, great mo and super courageous. Rest well Sean.
                                              But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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