'This should not have happened': How asbestos claimed the life of Rex Wegener

Geraldine Cardozo
November 2 2019 - 2:00am
HAPPY AND HEALTHY: Catherine and Rex Wegener, picture before Rex became sick with asbestos-related mesothelioma.
HAPPY AND HEALTHY: Catherine and Rex Wegener, picture before Rex became sick with asbestos-related mesothelioma.

SOUTH Australian Rex Wegener was proud of the fact he had hardly ever been to the doctor. Even in his early 70s the retired builder - and former gymnast and state champion rower - walked three kilometres every day before breakfast.

Geraldine Cardozo

Geraldine Cardozo

Features Editor - The Senior

Features Editor at The Senior.

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