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Australian GP boss Walker survives cancer

Australian Grand Prix supremo Ron Walker is cancer-free, the 75-year-old has confirmed. A famously close ally of Bernie Ecclestone, the influential Australian businessman was instrumental in the race's switch from Adelaide some two decades ago. His last race as chairman of the Australian grand prix corporation was the 2015 season opener in March. Walker had made the decision to step down when he was fighting for his life for three years with cancer, but he has now told Fairfax Media that he is in remission. 'I'm the luckiest guy that ever walked,' he said. That is because local doctors had told him he would almost certainly die from the disease, prompting Walker to go to America to take an...
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