In October 2017, Collymore went to the UK to receive treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukemia and returned in July 2018 to resume duties.
By the time he was diagnosed, doctors told him he had had the disease for probably six months.The condition meant his body wasn’t producing white blood cells, which meant his immune system had broken down and couldn’t fight infections.
He experienced the first symptoms while on a visit to Morocco and thought he had flu. He had pain on the bones of his shins.
One of the many things Collymore said he reflected upon a lot while undergoing treatment was what happens to poor Kenyans who suffer from such illnesses considering the prohibitive cost of treatment.
Here are pictures where Collymore will be cremated, an event that will only be witnessed by close family and friends.
