A teenage West Ham academy goalkeeper died at 15 after suffering from cancer.
Oscar Fairs, from Benfleet, Essex, was diagnosed with a rare 7cm ependymoma brain tumor in August 2023 and underwent seven surgeries, one round of chemotherapy and one round of radiotherapy before being told palliative care was the only option.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family raise 100,000 towards a treatment trial in France.
West Ham footballers donated £27,000, chairman David Sullivan donated £10,000 and former West Ham star Declan Rice, now of Arsenal, gave £5,000, according to the family fair.
On Friday, West Ham announced that the 15-year-old had passed away.
The club’s director of sport, Marcus Noble, said: “Oscar was adored by everyone at the Academy – not just a great goalkeeper, he’s a true Hammer and a fantastic young man who will be deeply missed by everyone who entertained him. to know himself
“I have a wonderful memory of Oscar playing in my garden – [my son] Lenny and his friends all loved him.
“A friendly, happy, well-mannered and civilized young man, who had such a brilliant future ahead of him, is so unbelievably devastated to have been taken away from family and friends at this age.
“The sincere thoughts of everyone at the club are with Oscar’s parents, Natalie and Russell and his brother Harry, and we kindly ask that the family’s privacy be maintained at this very difficult time.”
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