Daily Mirror

Non-smoker dad, 33, lung cancer blow

- BY TOM BEVAN

A FIT dad aged just 33 has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer despite never smoking.

Gym fanatic Zak Gleeson got the shock news after consulting a doctor about back pain.

Friends said Zak had always eaten healthily and played football every week.

He has just begun a twomonth course of chemothera­py but told medics he does not want to know how long he has left.

Zak, of Torquay, Devon, is now too ill to do his job as a kitchen fitter.

But he remains devoted to partner Lois and daughter Layla-Mae, who celebrated her first birthday last month.

Pal Dave Kendall, who has raised £20,000 with a fund-raising drive, said: “He has never complained.”

 ??  ?? DIAGNOSIS Fitness fan Zak
DIAGNOSIS Fitness fan Zak

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