Personal Life
He was a vegetarian from 1973 until his death. He lived at home with his mother and brother Sid. After the race, at 62, Young married Mary Howell, 39 years his junior. The race sponsor, Westfield, hosted the wedding for the entertainment of shoppers. They divorced five years later. Renowned for his then ungainly running style, Young ran more than 20,000 kilometres during his competitive career. After five years of illness, he died of cancer, at 5:21 PM on Sunday, 2 November 2003 at the age of 81.
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