West Ham mourn ‘unimaginably devastating’ death of 15-year-old academy goalkeeper
Oscar Fairs was diagnosed with a rare tumour in August 2023 and died on Friday, the club say
A teenage West Ham academy goalkeeper has died aged 15 after suffering from cancer.
Oscar Fairs from Benfleet, Essex, was diagnosed with a rare 7cm ependymoma brain tumour in August 2023 and underwent seven surgeries, one round of chemotherapy and one round of radiotherapy before being told palliative care was the only option.
