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Luke Whelan & Cian O'Broin

Doctors issue plea as 'healthy dad' in 40s drops dead on morning jog

Doctors have issued a plea for more testing for a hardly known heart condition after a father of five suddenly dropped dead on a run.

Ben Beale, 47, was out on a run in preparation for a charity boxing fight when he was hit by what doctors initially thought was a "catastrophic one-off" heart attack, the Daily Express reported.

Mr Beale, from Perth in Australia, was told only a week before his death in 2017 he had a low chance of having a heart attack, his wife Sarah Beale said.

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