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Washington U. Basketball Player Justin Hardy Dies at 22 After Stomach Cancer Diagnois
Posted on 5/30/22 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 5/30/22 at 8:52 pm
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The basketball player died early Sunday morning, according to his father Bob Hardy
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St. Louis' Washington University is mourning the loss of basketball player Justin Hardy, who died on Sunday. He was 22.
"After 13 months of courageously redefining what it means to live with cancer, Justin passed peacefully early this morning, Sunday, May 29th," his father Bob Hardy announced on Twitter.
Hardy was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer in April 2021 and had been receiving treatment while competing on the school's basketball team. According to a statement from his family shared on a GoFundMe page, Hardy also graduated early from the university with a double major while undergoing treatment.
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"This is me living my life regardless of the circumstances. If this isn't beating it, I don't know what is."
I remember seeing his story on ESPN earlier this year. Sad situation, seems like he had about as positive of an attitude as one could have when facing stage 4 cancer.
RIP.
Cancer sucks, at any age.
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Posted on 5/30/22 at 8:55 pm to Will Cover
That suvks. Wash U is a great school. My brother went to med school there and I used to enjoy the area around the campus.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 9:02 pm to Will Cover
That's too young for someone to have to go through. Life just doesn't make sense sometimes.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 9:06 pm to El Segundo Guy
Yeah probably one of the better schools that the average person has no idea about.
Sad story RIP
Sad story RIP
Posted on 5/30/22 at 9:06 pm to OweO
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That's too young for someone to have to go through. Life just doesn't make sense sometimes.
It doesn't.
This story serves as a reminder that no matter how bad I or any of us think we have it, it could always be worse.
Loss of a job. Can be fixed by getting a job.
Separation or divorce? Counseling, reconciliation, or getting remarried.
Car accident. Repair shop.
Bad investments. Thanks Biden, but even this historically will rebound in time.
Death. This can't be undone. It's over. I can't imagine the pain his parents must be going through right now.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 9:25 pm to Will Cover
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Death. This can't be undone. It's over. I can't imagine the pain his parents must be going through right now.
A-men.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 10:08 pm to Will Cover
Cancer sucks. Kind of makes you realize a lot of the things people worry about is bullshite. Enjoy your life and don’t sweat the small stuff. You never know when this ride is going to end.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 10:22 pm to JakeFromStateFarm
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Cancer sucks. Kind of makes you realize a lot of the things people worry about is bullshite. Enjoy your life and don’t sweat the small stuff. You never know when this ride is going to end.
I lost one of my very close friends to Cancer on Christmas Day last year. He was 41.
I look at my life and think of the challenges, problems, and issues that are present. And I look at him and realize he is gone. He will never come back. I still have an opportunity to face my challenges and overcome my problems and issues. I may succeed or I may fail. Time will tell. But I'm here today and I still get a chance to right wrongs, apologize to the people I have hurt, and work to be a better person each and every day.
So, as bad as it can be sometimes, I am aware that it always can be worse, because it can. Appreciate the moment you have here on this earth right now and make the most of it.
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Posted on 5/30/22 at 10:55 pm to Will Cover
Man, he was just a kid. Still so much to live for.
frick cancer.
frick cancer.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 11:38 pm to Will Cover
I'm 30. 2 kids. They aren't little babies anymore either.
I think because I have started to realize that more and more, I think about some version of your words all the time. It's all a random draw. Walk around like we have forever, but it's all borrowed.
I think because I have started to realize that more and more, I think about some version of your words all the time. It's all a random draw. Walk around like we have forever, but it's all borrowed.
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Posted on 5/31/22 at 4:54 am to Will Cover
That's terrible, R.I.P. Justin.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 5:20 am to Will Cover
Such a sad thing to happen to someone so young. What an inspiration he is.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:12 am to LSUShock
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It's all a random draw. Walk around like we have forever, but it's all borrowed.
It is important to be grateful and you'll never know for sure what could pop up, but getting stomach cancer at that age is still very very rare (and likely more genetic than lifestyle unless theres something missing about his lifestyle). Don't live life paranoid and in fear but certainly be appreciative for what you've been given and these stories definitely do that.
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Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:42 am to Will Cover
WTF. Damn. I dont know the young man, but that freaking sucks.
Kudos to him, it did not stop him from living. He continued playing college basketball and even finihshed college.
But wow, the sheer horrible luck.
Cancer is probably one of the few things that genuinely scares me in life, simply because of how it happens so randomly to many people.
Kudos to him, it did not stop him from living. He continued playing college basketball and even finihshed college.
But wow, the sheer horrible luck.
Cancer is probably one of the few things that genuinely scares me in life, simply because of how it happens so randomly to many people.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:58 am to Will Cover
Double Major from WashU of all schools, while fighting cancer, while playing college basketball. Unbelievably impressive. His story will always be remembered.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 5:07 pm to Will Cover
frick. Cancer.
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