Jeremy Hunt’s brother dies of most cancers weeks after opening up about sickness

Jermy Hunt‘s brother has died from most cancers simply weeks after the Chancellor opened up about his household’s battle with the illness. 

Charlie Hunt, a father-of-three, died final week aged 53 following a years-long battle with Sacoma, a uncommon and aggressive type of most cancers that always develops in limbs. 

The profitable businessman was out and in of hospital within the years following 2020 prognosis, with a number of surgical procedures required to stem the illness’s unfold earlier than his dying. 

He will probably be remembered in a funeral ceremony held in Surrey weeks after his Chancellor brother opened up about how most cancers has affected his household.

A JustGiving web page created by Charlie revealed the gruelling therapy he had undergone for a illness that had additionally claimed each his and his older brother’s mother and father. 

He praised NHS medics in a submit on the web page, and instructed how he has required surgical procedure on his proper leg and each of his lungs since his prognosis. 

He wrote: “I have been in and out of hospital pretty constantly but have received excellent treatment from the NHS and am still fighting on nearly three years later.

“It does, nonetheless, stay an enormous battle for me and my household. I requested Jeremy to run the marathon for the primary time with me – a suggestion that was nervously accepted!”

The two brothers raised nearly £50,000 for Sarcoma UK and The Royal Surrey Cancer & Surgical Innovation Centre when they ran the London Marathon together in October 2022.

Charlie had also used Twitter to raise awareness of the rare disease, which causes lumps under the skin, bone pain, unexpected bone breaks, abdominal pain and weight loss. 

Jeremy Hunt also alluded to his family experience during an interview with the Daily Mail in late July, when he told the publication about a mole he discovered while serving as a cabinet minister that “grew and grew”. 

He said he had “very good” treatment from the NHS to remove it, adding he was “very conscious of members of my family who’ve had a lot harder battles towards most cancers”.

He added: “I do know that is what households are going via up and down the nation.”

Mr Hunt’s father, Royal Navy Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt, died from most cancers in 2013 aged 82.

And his mom, Lady Meriel, died from the illness in 2022 aged 84.