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Chopper Read, crime figure and author, admitted to hospital with liver cancer | Australia news | The Guardian
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Notorious Aussie crook Mark 'Chopper' Read dies of liver cancer | London Evening Standard | Evening Standard
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![Margaret Read, the widow of Mark "Chopper" Read arrives at a memorial service at Edinburgh Gardens Community Room in Melbourne, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Read died of liver cancer last week. (AAP Margaret Read, the widow of Mark "Chopper" Read arrives at a memorial service at Edinburgh Gardens Community Room in Melbourne, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013. Read died of liver cancer last week. (AAP](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2JWTCHP/margaret-read-the-widow-of-mark-chopper-read-arrives-at-a-memorial-service-at-edinburgh-gardens-community-room-in-melbourne-thursday-oct-17-2013-read-died-of-liver-cancer-last-week-aap-imagejulian-smith-no-archiving-strictly-editorial-use-only-2JWTCHP.jpg)