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Neale Daniher, the legendary AFL coach and MND advocate who turned personal tragedy into national hope, has died at 65. Once known as “The Reverend” for his fiery coaching and 80-game Essendon career, he became a beacon for motor neurone disease after his 2013 diagnosis. Despite the beast he called MND, he founded Fight MND and launched the iconic Big Freeze, turning icy plunges into millions raised for research. Honored as Victorian and Australian of the Year, Daniher’s “Play On” spirit lived on even as his body failed — leaving behind a legacy of courage, resilience, and an unbreakable fight for a cure.

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