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The AFL has been shaken by another tragedy with the shattered news that the winner of West Coast Eagles Prime Minister, Adam Hunter, died at 43.
Hunter's body was found in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Bunbury, Western Australia, where he grew up and lived in retirement.
He played 151 games for the club in a race that lasted from 2000 to 2009, and played in the team that won the grand final of 2006, kicking the goal that won the game.
Hunter was forced to leave the game through an injury after being originally selected as selection 29 in the 1999 draft.
He played for the first time for South Bunbury before starring Swan's districts at the WAFL in 1999.
Adam Hunter (in the photo) was found dead in his hometown of Bunbury, Western Australia, in the early hours of Wednesday morning
The Great of the West Coast of the Cató coast the goal of the profit in the grand final of 2006
Hunter's death occurs only one day after the former Brisbane Lions star, Troy Selwood, the brother of the Cats champion, Joel, was found dead at her home in Geelong at age 40.
On Tuesday it was also revealed that Essendon's VFL coach Dale Tapping, who also worked with the lions, had lost his battle against blood cancer. I was only 59 years old.
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