Linda Lee Sylvander, known during her acting career as Linda Haynes, died July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina at 75, with he death recenty coming to pubic attention. No cause was given by her family, who said she died “peacefully”
28.07.2023 - 06:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A father-of-two shaved off his beard – only to make the horrific discovery that it had been disguising a life-threatening lump.
The Bolton dad had shaved off his beard ready for a wedding when his wife noticed the small lump on his neck. The fit and healthy 50-year-old, Tex Leece, was not too worried at first, but when the lump didn’t go anywhere, he got tested and was devastated to discover it was throat cancer.
“It was a total shock! I went a bit numb at first. I’m a really positive person and I’ve always looked after myself. None of my friends could believe it,” explained the shocked Tex.
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Tex, from Farnworth, used to play semi-pro football in his spare time and has completed nine Ironman triathlon events – he was known for being very fit and healthy. So when his wife first spotted the lump, Tex wasn’t too concerned.
Tex, who has worked at Warburtons for 34 years, said: “I thought it was a cyst but then it didn’t go down for three or four weeks. My eldest daughter, Holly, who is a medical photographer, kept telling me to go to the doctors so I booked an appointment to keep her happy, really.
“My GP wasn’t sure what it was and said he’d ask his colleague and be in touch. It’s a five-minute drive back from my doctors to my house and when I was pulling up on the drive he called me back and told me I needed to go into hospital for tests.”
Tex had a biopsy – where a sample from the lump in his neck was analysed – at the Royal Bolton Hospital in November 2021. He soon found out he had oropharynx right tonsil squamous cell carcinoma, commonly known as throat cancer.
He said: “Fortunately it was caught really early which made me
Linda Lee Sylvander, known during her acting career as Linda Haynes, died July 17 in Summerville, South Carolina at 75, with he death recenty coming to pubic attention. No cause was given by her family, who said she died “peacefully”
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