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Rest In Peace, Luke DeBold…

Former Hurricanes’ pitcher Luke DeBold lost his battle with cancer today. He would’ve turned thirty this coming June and is survived by his father Tom, mother Kay and sister Dawn.

Luke was diagnosed with a primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumor with metastases in the lungs in March 2008 and has endured several bouts of chemotherapy along the way.

There isn’t much online about this story. I read about it via J.C. Ridley, UM photographer, as he mentioned it on Facebook. I’ve since emailed J.C. to see if he can provide more information for the blog. We will post when we hear back.

Another one of those senseless life tragedies that can’t be explained. Our condolences to the DeBold family and our prayers to all of those who knew and loved Luke.

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C. Bello

Longtime Miami Hurricanes columnist. Wrote for CanesTime.com, Yahoo! Sports and former BleacherReport featured columnist. Founder of allCanesBlog.com no longer toeing any company line. Launched ItsAUThing.com to deliver a raw, unfiltered and authentic perspective of all things "The U".

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  • I lost my father to cancer a year ago this month, hard to see another member of the Hurricane family move on so young....

    R.I.P. #4-0

  • May Luke DeBold be in a better place right now...

    And may God grant Luke's family peace and comfort during this difficult time.

    "The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart,
    And saves such as have a contrite spirit."

    -Psalm 34:18

  • I had a class with Luke.
    Quiet, nice guy.
    A tragedy indeed.
    RIP, Luke. Condolences to his family.

  • Throughout my time at UM I had the pleasure to work with Luke in small groups in our info systems classes. Luke was a smart hard working Stan up guy. As someone who's also battled cancer the last couple years, my heart goes out to Luke's loved ones. You will be in my thoughts and prayers!

  • Throughout my time at UM I had the privilige to work with Luke in several small groups in our CIS classes. Luke was a highly intelligent, hard working, overall stand up guy. As someone who's battled cancer for the last 2 years, my heart goes out to Luke's loved ones. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.

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