Montreal boxing referee Marlon Wright dies at age 51

Marlon Wright, a Montreal professional boxing referee, died Thursday of cancer.
He passed peacefully in his sleep at Sacré-Coeur Hospital, where he had been this week because he required full-time medical supervision, surrounded by his son and daughter.
Wright was 51.
In 2014 he learned he had melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Wright was advised last April by his oncologist he might have only six to eight months to live.
Wright worked the final bout of his career last Feb. 24.