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AFL world in mourning after Carlton legend Robert Walls passes away, aged 74

Blues great and Australian Football Hall of Famer, Robert Walls, has passed away, aged 74, choosing voluntary assisted dying over a second gruelling cancer fight.

Carlton legend Robert Walls has passed away this morning, after deciding not to go through another gruelling round of chemotherapy in his battle with a rare and aggressive blood cancer.

The 74-year-old Australian Football Hall of Famer and Carlton Team of the Century member chose voluntary assisted dying over a second cancer fight.

The triple premiership Carlton player and 1987 premiership coach had battled acute lymphoblastic leukaemia since being diagnosed in the week before the 2023 Grand Final.

He had been in remission, but when the cancer returned he decided against another harrowing fight he could not win.

Walls passed away at his East Melbourne home, surrounded by loved ones including children Rebecca, Daniel and David and partner Julie.

A doctor was also present.

Friends of the AFL great said the horrific toll of his wife Erin’s long battle with cancer had partly influenced Walls’ decision to end his life by voluntary assisted dying, as well as the pain of his own fight.

He told them he had spent about 250 days in the past 18 months at hospitals.