{"id":97905,"date":"2023-09-18T18:56:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=97905"},"modified":"2023-09-18T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T18:56:07","slug":"ben-cull-dead-ex-england-youth-star-dies-aged-23-following-battle-with-cancer-weeks-after-proposal-to-girlfriend-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/sport\/ben-cull-dead-ex-england-youth-star-dies-aged-23-following-battle-with-cancer-weeks-after-proposal-to-girlfriend-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Cull dead: Ex-England youth star dies aged 23 following battle with cancer weeks after proposal to girlfriend | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
EX-ENGLAND youth star Ben Cull has died aged 23 following a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
The former Southampton academy player began battling Ewing's sarcoma at the tender age of 17.<\/p>\n
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His condition worsened in recent months, prompting him to propose to his long-time girlfriend Daisy Morrison.<\/p>\n
But he's tragically lost his battle with the rare bone and soft-tissue disease just weeks after proposing to the love of his life in hospital.<\/p>\n
A heartbroken Daisy announced Ben's passing in a brave and emotional Instagram<\/span> post, writing: "The hardest goodbye. <\/p>\n "Yesterday I lost my whole life, my fiance, my soulmate, my person, my entire world. I always hoped and prayed this day would never, ever come. <\/p>\n "True heartbreak is real, my heart physically hurts and I've never felt pain like this.<\/p>\n "My mum and dad couldn't of picked a better soulmate for me, they adored you, they think of you as a son and are hurting so bad right now. <\/p>\n "They say you go for someone like your father and god you were like dad, two peas in a pod, the best of friends, couldn't of wished for a stronger bromance.<\/p>\n "You fought until the very end my darling, I know you did absolutely everything you could to stay and despite suffering so bad you kept going, that I will be forever grateful for, you never gave up, god just had his own plans. <\/p>\n <\/picture>TUCH AND GO <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>RED LIGHTS <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>MASON MOVE <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>DON WITH IT <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\nMost read in Football<\/h2>\n
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