Article 77ENC Charity cyclist Bob Montgomery, 82, dies one day after 5,200km ride across Australia

Charity cyclist Bob Montgomery, 82, dies one day after 5,200km ride across Australia

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Nick Visser and Achol Arok
from World news | The Guardian on (#77ENC)

Montgomery died in a single-vehicle crash in Sydney just one day after completing his latest fundraising cycling trip with his teenage grandson

Bob Montgomery, a charity cyclist who has just finished a 5,200km bike ride from Broome to Bowral, died on Monday at the age of 82.

His family confirmed his death on social media, saying he had died unexpectedly just a day after completing the cycling feat alongside his grandson, Tom, as a fundraiser for motor neurone disease.

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