ON YOUTUBE He was 35 years old when he died of cancer.
His family called the father of two a “warrior” and a “hero.”
Luke’s wife Beckey said he died on August 2 at home with his family by his side.
Luke had joked with his followers just three weeks before that he was still “alive and kicking.”
Through his YouTube channel, I Will Not Be Defeated, the brave and inspiring Grimsby man told people all over the world about his journey.
In August 2022, it was found that he had Leiomyosarcoma in its fourth stage.
This very uncommon cancer only affects 0.17 percent of all cancers found each year, and it grows in the smooth muscles.
Luke was only expected to live for 12 months, but he beat the odds by going through multiple rounds of chemotherapy.
Luke was told by his oncologist in October of last year that he only had a few months left to live. He once again beat his expectations.
Luke died at home on August 2, though, with his family and friends by his side.
He is survived by his wife Beckey, their two children Taylor, five, and Scarlett, three, as well as his mother Lisa, father Brian, and many other loved ones.
Death was the title of his last video, which came out on July 18. “I feel like death is on me,” Luke said. For 13 days, he had been sick.
He leaned back in his car seat and said, “It’s just a short video to keep everyone up to date.”
“Someone asked me if I was still alive on one of my other videos the other day.”
“I’m still alive mate, I’m still alive and kicking, just.”
Luke said that his mental health was getting better and that he had to be strong to get through it.
Later, he said he had been having trouble breathing and showed an oxygen machine next to him. He had been in bed for two days with what was thought to be a chest infection or “disease progression.”
“I haven’t felt anything like it,” he said. People have been asking me if I’m okay and other things, and to be fair, I haven’t been on my phone.
“I’ve been sick, short of breath, and coughing.” But I’m getting better, and I won’t give up.
VERY RARE AND UNCUREABLE
Lisa and Beckey, Luke’s mom and wife, told GrimsbyLive that Luke was “kind, loyal, and funny” and that he “always put others first,” even when he was sad or hurt.
“From when Luke was diagnosed two years ago, we were pretty much in the dark, we were Googling things to try and find out information,” she said.
“We were hopeless because we didn’t know what to do.”
