Wife left heartbroken by sudden death of childhood sweetheart

A heartbroken wife has paid a moving tribute to the “love of her life” following his sudden death at the age of 32. Bradley Mcmanus, from Canterbury, died last week, prompting an outpouring of heartfelt messages from loved ones. He lived in Chartham with wife and childhood sweetheart Amy, and together they ran their hugely successful business AM Marketing.

This week, Amy shared the tragic news that Bradley had died.

Writing on Linkedin, she said: “I cannot believe I am writing this post. I keep hoping I’m going to wake up and it will all be a bad nightmare. “Bradley was an amazing person who everyone loved. His quirky sense of humour, loving nature, and dedication to his family and business will forever be remembered by all who knew and loved him.

“We built our business together from nothing. “Bradley was the most hard-working and dedicated person I have ever met. He was fiercely loyal, a great teacher, a brilliant manager and was loved by our clients, suppliers and colleagues. so much,” said Amy.

Amy also hopes to create an academic award in honour of her husband, who she describes as a “self-confessed nerd and excel spreadsheet lover”. “He could build a computer, fix any software issue, and there wasn’t a single formula he couldn’t crack,” she said. “Brad’s passion for computing was inspired by his father Graham and later nurtured at his school Sir Roger Manwood’s, where he and I met as highschool sweethearts. I would “It goes without saying that like to purchase a cup or shield the world has been deprived of a and create a Bradley Mcmanus loving husband, hugely talented award to be awarded to a student partner, funny, intelligent and each year for excellence genuinely decent human being. in computer science.”

“To my darling Bradley. You Any donations that exceed the are the love of my life. I pray that target will be given to local mental you are at peace surrounded by health charities, which Amy love.” says have helped both her and Amy has launched a Bradleyduringtimesofneed. Gofundme page, through which News of Bradley’s death has she hopes to raise £2,650 for a prompted an outpouring of memorial bench and a computer heartfelt tributes from Bradley’s science prize to be established in friends, and from the business her husband’s memory. community in which he was Bradley grew up in Deal, deeply respected. where a memorial bench is Three years ago, he and Amy sited on Walmer beach as a lasting were recognised with a Triumph tribute to his brother-in-law Over Adversity award Duncan, who died last year. at the Amazon Growing Business “I would like to purchase a Awards, for creating their memorial bench for Bradley so thriving company despite having he can be near Duncan always been involved in a serious and provide a place of memorial car crash in 2014. for friends and family to The head-on collision left them visit along the beach he loved both with physical injuries, and struggling with anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. But despite this, they built AM Marketing into a hugely successful firm which became a partner of Google and carried out digital marketing campaigns for businesses across Kent. Becky Simms wrote on Linkedin: “Brad was such an amazing friend, agency partner and an all-round fantastic guy. “He always had a smile on his face and always brought a smile to those around him.

“I still have not quite got over the shock and reality of this, but am so grateful to have known Brad and to have the wonderful memories we have.”

Bradley and Amy Mcmanus met while at school and later married and set up their own business together.

Bradley Mcmanus died suddenly last week