Man died before collecting bet on surviving cancer

Buckinghamshire: A man with terminal cancer who won £10,000 by betting on how long he would stay alive died just weeks before he was due to collect another £10,000 in winnings.

Jon Matthews from Milton Keynes won 5,000 by surviving mesothelioma until 1 June, 2008 and a further 5,000 on the same date last year, but died before he could collect a further 10,000 next month.

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Emergency services said he was a "very fortunate little lad".