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Mr Gay World 2010 Charl Van Den Berg has died aged 33
Charl Van Den Berg has died just aged 33 in South Africa on Thursday night.
He was known for having won Mr Gay South Africa in 2009 and the 2010 Mr Gay World competition in Oslo, Norway.
It is believed he died from lymphoma.
A Facebook post stated: ‘Charl was admitted to hospital earlier this week but lost his battle to Lymphoma (Cancer).
‘Charl’s funeral will take place on Friday the 14th of August at 14hoopm at Mosaiek.’
Van Den Berg engaged in a lot of charity and LGBTI rights adovocacy work before and after his time as Mr Gay World, including on the It Gets Better campaign and working with Health4Men, which educates men about HIV.
In statement quoted on his Wikipedia page he once said: ‘It is my understanding that people are people before we are different.
‘Mr. Gay World presents me with a platform to work from and creates an opportunity in which to do that andit is an honour to serve the global community in this capacity.’
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Jack Flanagan
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