Cape Town – South African radio personality, Mark Pilgrim who is also battling cancer has paid tribute to fallen industry colleague, Jeremy Mansfield.
Mansfield died on Monday morning at his home after a long battle with stage four liver cancer.
Pilgrim took to his Twitter account to say his goodbye to Mansfield, who has been described as a man with a larger-than-life personality.
“The radio industry is a family. Today we say goodbye to one of our own. Always remembered. Goodbye big guy. RIP Jeremy,” wrote Pilgrim
Mark who has been documenting his recovery journey on Instagram is currently in the hospital after undergoing surgical procedures.
The radio industry is a family. Today we say goodbye to one of our own. Always remembered. Goodbye big guy. RIP Jeremy. pic.twitter.com/9A7HUhMHjH
— Mark Pilgrim (@MarkPilgrimZA) October 31, 2022
Jeremy who died at the at of 59 announced his stage 4 liver cancer diagnosis earlier this year
Though the airwaves legend was in the palliative care stage, he was determined to make the most of the time he had by doing things on his bucket list.
“Have had it confirmed by the specialist surgeon that is leading everyone in the team looking after me that my cancer is confirmed stage 4, terminal and is now only subject to palliative care. This dream team (as I now refer to them) will now guide me through how to have as much fun in the the time I have left and fulfill as many dreams, big and small, I have in my bucketlist,” he wrote on Facebook in August.
Earliter this month, Jeremy made his first appearance on social media since the terminal diagnosis, to thank fans for their support and well-wishes and updated fans on his journey describing it saying “its being up and down”.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
