How did Chopper Read Get Hep C?

How did Chopper Read Get Hep C?

Read says he picked up hepatitis C during his 23 years in prison from bloody fights, sharing razors and the infamous “ear chopping” incident. “The injuries and the hep C has caused the cancer,” he said. Read, 58, said toxins that could not be processed by his liver had gone to his brain, sending him “delirious”.

Where did chopper die?

Parkville, Australia
Mark Brandon Read/Place of death

Did Chopper Read have a son?

Charlie Read
Roy Brandon Read
Mark Brandon Read/Sons

Where is Chopper Read buried?

Fawkner Memorial Park, Hadfield, Australia
Mark Brandon Read/Place of burial

Is Chopper Reed still alive?

Deceased (1954–2013)
Mark Brandon Read/Living or Deceased

How many times chopper stabbed?

The film’s most interesting relationship is between Read and Jimmy Loughnan, the ‘best mate’ who stabs Chopper seven times, in retaliation for the death of Keithy George.

How did Chopper die?

Liver cancer
Mark Brandon Read/Cause of death

In April 2012, he was diagnosed with liver cancer. He underwent surgery in July 2012 to remove tumours from his liver and in late September 2013 he was admitted to Melbourne Private Hospital in failing health. He died of the illness on 9 October 2013, aged 58, in Parkville, Victoria at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Is Chopper still alive?

Where was Jason Moran’s funeral?

Moran and associate Pasquale Barbaro were gunned down in front of Moran’s young twins and hundreds of other children while watching a football clinic at a suburban oval on Saturday. A funeral service for the 36-year-old will be held at St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church in WesWest Melbourne at 2.30pm (AEST).

Where is Alphonse Gangitano buried?

Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park, Fawkner, Australia
Alphonse Gangitano/Place of burial

How many times Chopper stabbed?

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