Heartbreaking reason Hairy Biker Dave Myers never revealed what cancer he had
02.03.2024 - 12:47
/ ok.co.uk
Tributes have flooded in for the Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers after his best friend and co-star, Si King, announced on Thursday that Dave had passed away two years after sharing his cancer diagnosis. Si told fans that his "best friend is on a journey that for now, I can't follow" as he shared the devastating news on social media. His wife Liliana also paid tribute to her husband in a heart-wrenching post after he sadly died at the age of 66 following his battle with cancer.
But when the late star first announced his cancer diagnosis in May 2022, he purposely refrained from naming what type. TV chef Dave later revealed he did not want to specify the type of cancer he had because he felt as though the public might start drawing conclusions about his health - so he kept it private. In an interview with The Guardian back in 2022, Dave opened up about the reasons why he decided not to disclose what type of cancer he had.
He said: "Because everybody then goes Googling, everybody becomes an amateur doctor... And I don’t want to be judged – yet." At the time, he was 14 sessions into his chemotherapy and on a break from filming the duo's series The Hairy Bikers Go West. He continued chemotherapy for a gruelling 18 months.
Dave's fellow biker and best bud Si had previously made a promise not to film anything more until Dave was well enough to be part of it. In his words to Metro in 2022, "There's no show without Punch and there's no Hairy Bikers without Dave." Announcing the tragic news of Dave's death, his best friend and TV partner Si took to social media with a statement which read: "Hi everyone, I’m afraid I bear some sad news. "Most of you will know Dave has been fighting cancer for the past couple of years.
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