![Rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen died a year ago from motor neurone disease, aged 45. This was his last Christmas. : r/lastimages Rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen died a year ago from motor neurone disease, aged 45. This was his last Christmas. : r/lastimages](https://preview.redd.it/asmi8lkuuoe01.jpg?auto=webp&s=e8d3ea7ba3c77bf9c61c2d7c0418f35a6bd83910)
Rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen died a year ago from motor neurone disease, aged 45. This was his last Christmas. : r/lastimages
![Joost van der Westhuizen, South Africa rugby legend, dies aged 45 after seven-year battle with motor neurone disease Joost van der Westhuizen, South Africa rugby legend, dies aged 45 after seven-year battle with motor neurone disease](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/rugby-union/2017/02/06/joost-vanderwesthuizen-large_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq2oUEflmHZZHjcYuvN_Gr-bVmXC2g6irFbtWDjolSHWg.jpg?imwidth=680)
Joost van der Westhuizen, South Africa rugby legend, dies aged 45 after seven-year battle with motor neurone disease
![Joost van der Westhuizen's coffin carried by his 1995 World Cup-winning South Africa team at memorial - Mirror Online Joost van der Westhuizen's coffin carried by his 1995 World Cup-winning South Africa team at memorial - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9793826.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/Joost-van-der-Westhuizen-memorial.jpg)
Joost van der Westhuizen's coffin carried by his 1995 World Cup-winning South Africa team at memorial - Mirror Online
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