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    Centenary Institute > Alex Morgan

In memory of Alex

Alex’s family have asked that you please support medical research in his memory to help prevent other families in the future from experiencing similar loss.

Our beautiful young man Alex passed away in the early morning of 20th February 2024 at the young age of 20.

Alex had spent the evening shooting hoops and hanging with his housemates, best friends of over 8 years. He went to bed and never woke up.

The post mortem examination reported “no known cause, with a possibly Arrythmia”. The examining officer, a professor in Forensic Pathology described Alex as a “perfectly fit and healthy young man”.

Alex was a fit, happy and active young man. Studying a double degree in Commerce / Law he had an exuberance and love of life. Always a bounce in his step and a smile on his face. He loved his Rugby, was a regular at the gym and always up for a trip to the driving range. He complemented this with a deep sense of compassion, always there to support his friends he had a unique awareness of the needs of others, and an ability to provide support in a subtle but meaningful way.

This unspeakable loss has changed us forever, and there will be a hole in our hearts for evermore.

To honour Alex’s memory, and to help other families and communities avoid our horrendous pain, we have decided to raise awareness of Sudden Unexplained Death or Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).

No cause of death has yet been been confirmed but every year around 30,000 Australians die from sudden cardiac death.  Alex was one of the 4-5 young Australians (between 15 and 35 years) who die every week with no real explanation – and no answers for grief-stricken parents.  

The Centenary Institute’s Centre for Cardiovascular research is world-leading in this area.  The research team are currently trying to find a cause for these deaths by establishing a genetic cause.  This will provide answers to families like ours and save lives by assessing the genetic risk to other family members.

To honour Alex, we want to raise awareness of this most heart-breaking of conditions so that answers can be found and lives saved.  Please help us to do that by contributing to funding so that the Centre for Cardiovascular research team can further their vital work.

With love from our hearts to yours,
Stacy and Barry Morgan.

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We will be fundraising for the Centenary Institute’s Centre for Cardiovascular Research. This wonderful team carry out vital research to increase current understanding of genetic heart diseases and ultimately develop new treatment strategies and prevent sudden death.

Learn more about the Centre for Cardiovascular Research

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