Tributes flood in for BBC DJ Danny Stubbs after his death aged 40 following battle with rare cancer

Tributes have poured in following the death of BBC DJ Danny Stubbs who has died at the age of 40 following a year-long battle with cancer.

Mr Stubbs was diagnosed with rare Stage 4 oesophageal adenocarcinoma in August last year.

Doctors told the music producer that the cancer was inoperable and had spread to his lymph nodes and bones in his spine.

The father-of-one lost his fight with the disease at St Luke’s Hospice in Winsford on August 24.

Mr Stubbs’ wife, Danielle, revealed how the last few months have been ‘incredibly hard’ but described him as ‘the most beautiful person inside and out’.

Danny Stubbs, 40, died from a rare cancer following a year-long battle with the disease

The DJ leaves behind his devastated wife Danielle who praised how strong her husband was

‘His attitude from the beginning was incredible,’ she told StokeonTrentLive. ‘He didn’t want to listen to the prognosis, and he wanted to prove to the doctors that they were wrong. 

‘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.’ 

Mr Stubbs began his music career in the early 200s by performing DJ sets at clubs in Hanley.

He enjoyed a career that included residencies at Gatecrasher and sets at the Ministry of Sound, as well as remixing for U2 and Ariana Grande.

Her was a father to Leah, 19, and a brother to Lee, Shaun and Kenny and son to Gary and Angela.

The 40-year-old was diagnosed with rare Stage 4 oesophageal adenocarcinoma in August last year

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