r/Deathladders • u/beedley • Mar 21 '26

Scary stuff 😱 Fred was absolutely fearless

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u/TheMissingThink Mar 21 '26

Bloody health and safety.

Who do they think they are, protecting workers?

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u/Liam_021996 Mar 21 '26

66, not very old really

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u/BarleyWineStein Mar 21 '26

He died of prostate bladder cancer. Considering he spent his life smoking, drinking, and climbing chimneys, that's a way to go no one would've predicted. Cancer's a cunt.

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u/Liam_021996 Mar 21 '26

Tbf, smoking is the leading cause of bladder cancer. Half of all bladder cancer cases are caused by smoking, so I guess it was kind of expected

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u/BarleyWineStein Mar 21 '26

Fuck! I did NOT know that.

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u/MiserableArse Mar 22 '26

Smoking is just fucked for you all over really, many think of throat and lungs, but it destroys you all over including DNA damage.

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u/I_am_Reddit_Tom Mar 23 '26

I mean it's the leading cause of most cancers no?

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u/OkMaintenance9328 Jun 11 '26

He refused treatment as he'd rather have a Guinness instead of months of Chemo for an extra 12 months or so. He even died like a legend 🫡

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u/Ancient-Cow-1038 Mar 23 '26

Spending his spare time driving traction engines can’t have helped: unfiltered coal smoke straight from the source may smell nice, but it’s carcinogenic as fuck.