AN inquest into the death of an active father who had a love for the outdoors found that he died from complications resulting from chemotherapy.

William John Hurst, 54, of Park Road Bolton, died at Salford Royal Hospital on March 26 2020 after some time in the intensive care unit.

The inquest, conducted by coroner for Manchester West, Stephan Teasdale,into Mr Hurst's death took place at Bolton Coroners Court on May 29 ­— no family were present but a statement was read out on behalf of his daughter, Claire Hurst.

Mr Hurst was born on February 10, 1966, in Bolton and ran a successful window cleaning business that spread across Bolton and Wigan, all of his life, which Claire said he was "very proud of".

A statement read on behalf of Dr Alison Lyon, a GP, described that Mr Hurst had seen her and described having neck pains and headaches but that there were no clear suggestions of any problems at the time.

However, on February 20 he collapsed at work and was taken to Royal Bolton Hospital where it was discovered he had leukaemia.

He was taken to Salford Royal for further treatment where he was told he had Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

This required risky chemotherapy which caused Mr Hurst to start developing a fever.

This fever continued and deteriorated with Mr Hurst having to be moved to the intensive care unit and be put on a ventilator.

There was no improvement to his condition with the infection hard to pinpoint, so on March 26 a discussion was held with the family which meant proceeding with end of life care.

Mr Hurst died at 4:21pm of that day.

A statement read on behalf of Claire Hurst said that he came from a large family of three brothers and two sisters.

After leaving school at the age of 14 William worked at Bolton Market for four years before setting up his window cleaning business at the age of 18, which he ran for 36 years.

He was described very much as a family man who had a very close relationship with his three grand children.

Mr Hurst looked after his health and was a very active man who enjoyed "the great outdoors and being in nature".

He regularly went to the gym and was an avid cyclist who was a member of Bury cycling club.

It was described that Snowdonia was one of his favourite places to visit and that he would go there often.

Claire said: "He was a wonderful person who will be sadly missed."

The cause of death was recorded as sepsis resulting from complications related to chemotherapy.