カナダ出身、元プロレスラーでWWEのレジェンド、ブレット・ハートがSNSを通して、現在前立腺がんで闘病中であり、近日中に手術を受けることを公表した。
日本でも新日本プロレスで活躍し、後にWWEでスーパースターとなったハートは現在58歳。2月1日、自身のFacebookとInstagramに「友人、家族、そして多くの世界中のファンに真実を話す日が来た。（プロレスラーとしての）23年のキャリアで致命的な負傷がなかったのは誇りだが、キャリアを終わらせるきっかけになった（自転車事故での）脳しんとうや、いくつかのケガを経験してきた。だが、今最も厳しい戦いに向き合っている。今、私は前立腺がんと闘い、この敵を打ち負かすほどの希望を持って数日中に手術に臨む」とつづり、現在がんで闘病中であることを告白した。
文章では自分のプロレス・キャリアと自らが脳腫瘍の少年を見舞ったこと、そして今度は自分が病と闘いぬくことを語っており、最後には「ファンのみんなも偉大なるヒットマン（ブレット・ハートの愛称）を応援して欲しい」と結んでいる。なお手術の詳細や前立腺がんの状態などは一切明かしていない。
ブレット・ハートのがん公表を受け、約45万人のファンから激励のコメントや応援の意味を込めた「いいね」が付くなど、彼の帰還を望むメッセージが数多く寄せられている。
It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to my friends, family and my millions of fans around the world. In the past few years, I've spent more than enough time paying the price for all those years trying to be the best there ever was as a professional wrestler. I executed excellently and my proudest claim was that I never seriously hurt or injured another wrestler in my 23 year career. I've paid a price for all that "fake" wrestling ... Mark Helprin wrote: "We are all perfect clocks that Divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into a lifelong dance." I've had a great lifelong dance and I'm a survivor of many hard battles. I now face my toughest battle. With hesitation and fear, I openly declare myself in my fight against prostate cancer. In the next few days, I will undergo surgery with the hope of defeating this nemesis once and for all. My fans have always looked upon me as a hero and I've always done my best to live up to that in and out of the ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I ... stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear. I make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the love that's kept me going this long already. Love is my weapon and I've got much of it around me all the time, for which I'm truly blessed and eternally grateful. My children, grandchildren, and my loving wife Steph have been and will constantly be at my side. I refuse to lose, I will never give in or give up, and I will win this battle or die trying. Most important of all, I hope can take the fight to prostate cancer. To be a leader in awareness and to set the example for men everywhere who find themselves in my very same shoes, that prostate cancer can be beaten. B x
Bretさん(@brethitmanhart)が投稿した写真 - 2016 2月 1 8:28午前 PST
It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to my friends, family and my millions of fans around...
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