He was only 35 when cancer claimed his life, but those who knew Luke remember far more than how his story ended. To his family, he was a warrior. To thousands of strangers, he was an honest voice who faced the unthinkable with grit and grace.
Luke passed away at home on August 2, surrounded by loved ones. Even in his final days, he did what he had done from the start—meeting fear with humor, speaking his truth, and savoring the time he had. Just weeks before his death, he joked to his followers that he was still “alive and kicking,” a line that brought bittersweet smiles through tears.
His battle began in August 2022, when doctors diagnosed him with stage-four leiomyosarcoma, a rare cancer that accounts for only 0.17% of cases each year. He was given just one year. Luke chose to fight.
He endured round after round of chemotherapy, each one another uphill climb. Even when told last October that only months remained, he kept going—one day, one joke, one heartfelt update at a time.
Through his YouTube channel, I Will Not Be Defeated, Luke opened the door to his journey. He shared the pain and the hope, the setbacks and the victories. In doing so, he became a source of courage for countless people who saw in him not just a man with cancer, but a man refusing to let cancer define him.
In his hometown of Grimsby, he was remembered as a good man. Far beyond, he became a beacon—someone whose openness and strength inspired strangers across the world.
Luke leaves behind his wife, Beckey; his parents, Lisa and Brian; his beloved daughters, including three-year-old Scarlett; and a wide circle of family and friends who will carry his memory forward.
He didn’t get the years he deserved, but he made the ones he had matter—loving deeply, laughing often, and keeping his promise: he was not defeated.
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