Alex Walsh

The obituary that ran last week in Delaware Online is a mystery - the tale of a globe-trotting Renaissance man who disappeared in a single-engine plane over the Atlantic Ocean after learning he had cancer.

Gareth Bale, who the Guardian called the "100-million euro man", later admitted that he "definitely needed to toughen up". The Daily Telegraph's Kristian Walsh also marvelled at the shy star's transformation from "an awkward left back that cursed his Tottenham team" to "phenomenon".

The obituary that ran last week in Delaware Online is a mystery - the tale of a globe-trotting Renaissance man who disappeared in a single-engine plane over the Atlantic Ocean after learning he had cancer.

Gareth Bale, who the Guardian called the "100-million euro man", later admitted that he "definitely needed to toughen up". The Daily Telegraph's Kristian Walsh also marvelled at the shy star's transformation from "an awkward left back that cursed his Tottenham team" to "phenomenon".