Unthinkable tragedy for footy star-turned-actor Matt Nable: He lost a brother to this merciless disease - now it has come for another family member
Nable starred for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the early 1990s, later playing in England with Carlisle and the London Broncos.
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