BBC DJ Danny Stubbs tragically dies aged 40 after year-long battle with rare cancer

BBC DJ and music producer Danny Stubbs has died aged 40 after a year-long battle with a rare cancer

BBC DJ Danny Stubbs has died aged 40.

The music producer, who featured on BBC Radio on several occasions, was diagnosed with rare Stage 4 oesophageal adenocarcinoma in August 2023. Danny was told by doctors that the cancer was inoperable and it had spread to his lymph nodes and bones in his spine.

Danny died at St Luke's Hospice in Winsford in August 2024. His wife Danielle told StokeonTrentLive: “His attitude from the beginning was incredible. He didn’t want to listen to the prognosis, and he wanted to prove to the doctors that they were wrong.

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“I know he was fighting to be with me. The last few months have been incredibly hard, but he was so strong. It’s not fair, but life went this way. It’s hard to even think about the future, because it’s not the life that we imagined. I just want to keep making him proud.”

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