MY HORROR AT CABBIE DAD DEATH
CHLOE MIDDLETON, 21, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
THE family of tragic Chloe, who had no pre-existing medical conditions, believe she died after contracting Covid-19.
But Chloe, from High Wycombe, who had a heart attack on Thursday, was not included in the official death toll as medics at Slough’s Wexham Park Hospital did not record her death as coronavirusrelated. Her aunt Emily Mistry said she was “beautiful and kindhearted”. THOMAS DAVIES, 27, GWYNEDD HEALTHY Thomas had become a dad for the second time 10 days before he died on Thursday, after showing symptoms.
The pub worker, of Penygroes, who also had a four-year-old son, was found dead by partner Rhiannon Elias, 27. His mum Mandy said: “She is in a million pieces. Her heart has come apart. You could not ask for a more loving dad.”
THE daughter of a cabbie who died of Covid-19 believes he caught the killer disease off cash from one of his fares.
Last night, relatives of Spencer Kurash joined families across the UK to speak of their horror as our death toll passed 1,000.
Black cab driver Spencer, 56, died after bravely deciding to carry on ferrying people around London.
His student daughter Natasha, 18, told us: “It could have been an infected passenger who handed over money. It’s just devastating.”
Spencer, a cabbie for 22 years and a Spurs season ticket holder, selfisolated when his symptoms developed after his last shift on March 18.
His wife of 19 years, Esther, tried in
ADAM HARKINS SULLIVAN, 28. LONDON
PAINTER and decorator Adam had Covid-19 and died this week after contracting pneumonia.
Mum Jackki described the Camden dad-of-one as a “special character” with “hundreds of mates”. DANNY SHARMA, 31, MIDDLESEX FRIENDS of DJ Danny said he had a “heart of gold” after he died on March 26.
Danny, of Uxbridge, also secretary of the Middlesex County Football League, was battling diabetes. POOJA SHARMA, 33, EAST SUSSEX, and SUDHIR SHARMA, 61, LONDON PHARMACIST Pooja died this week just 24 hours after her father Sudhir also succumbed to the virus.
It is not known whether Pooja, who worked at Eastbourne vain to resuscitate him when his symptoms worsened at home in Chigwell, north east London, on Wednesday and the family dialled 999.
Paramedics worked on Spencer for an hour but could not save him. Tests will be carried out to confirm the virus.
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District General Hospital, in East Sussex, had been in close contact with her dad recently.
STEVEN DICK, 37, SCOTLAND BRITISH diplomat in Hungary Steven was doing his dream job before he died on Tuesday.
Parents Steven and Carol said: “It was always his dream to work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and he was very happy representing our country overseas.” SEB LEWIS, 38, LONDON SAD Charlton Athletic FC confirmed that one of their superfans Seb had died from coronavirus on Wednesday. The club said it was “truly devastated” to lose Seb, who attended 1,076 straight Charlton matches before the virus halted the league.
CRAIG RUSTON, 45, NORTHANTS FOOTWEAR designer and “wonderfully kind” father Craig died on March 16 after falling ill with Covid-19.
Craig, of Kettering, had also been battling motor neurone disease and “was not ready to go,” according to devastated wife Sally. Writing for her family online, she added: “We are truly heartbroken.” TIM GALLEY, 47, NORTH WALES SELFLESS banker Tim thought of other sufferers of Covid-19 and refused to call 999 when his symptoms became worse last Sunday.
But just two days later he was found dead at home in Wrexham. His griefstricken partner Donna Cuthbert said: “‘I asked him to phone for an ambulance but he kept on saying to me that he was fine, that he had no underlying health conditions and that they would be too busy dealing with other people.”
KIMBERLEY FINLAYSON, 52, HERTFORDSHIRE
MUM-of-four Kimberley, who suffered from other underlying health conditions, was the first Brit to die after testing positive for Covid-19 in Bali. The brave businesswoman had two emergency operations in an Indonesian hospital before passing away there on March 11.
Husband Ken said his wife, who ran a dental comms firm, was “so powerful, courageous, supportive of all of us”.
JOHN BARRY, 56, AYRSHIRE POPULAR plumber John died of suspected coronavirus on Wednesday.
The beloved dad-of-two, of Irvine, had battled underlying health issues His sister Louise Storrie said he will be missed by many.
She said: “He was one of those guys who would go into the pub and not know a soul and come out with a hundred pals.”
NICK MATTHEWS, 59, SOMERSET RETIRED policeman Nick passed away after contracting the virus on March 14, after being hospitalised at the Bristol Royal Infirmary just two days earlier.
The father-of-two, from Nailsea, had only just returned from holiday in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. He was remembered by his grieving wife Mary as “my life partner and soulmate, but, most of all, my best friend.”
WENDY JACOBS, 59, CUMBRIA HEADTEACHER Wendy, of Barrow In Furness, died on Mother’s Day from pneumonia complicated by Covid-19.
Her passing was described as “devastating” by her school – Roose Community Primary School in Barrow, Lancs – where her colleagues and pupils were said to be “in shock”. In their tribute, Wendy’s grief-stricken family described her as an “incredible woman”.
TRACEY FOLEY
SOBBING son Stuart Hamlin touched hearts everywhere when he told of the “gut-wrenching pain” of losing his mum Tracy to the virus on Thursday.
Tracy, a former caretaker at Crayford Manor House school, in Bexleyheath, south east London, died four days after being admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich with symptoms of Covid-19. In a clip uploaded to Facebook, watched four million times, Stuart wept: “I beg you. Stay indoors.” PAUL KARSLAKE,
61, ESSEX
ARTIST Paul was the brother of Jo Wood – former wife of Rolling Stone Ronnie.
Paul, of Basildon, died from suspected coronavirus on March 23 and left his big sister shattered. Jo, 63, described him as a “funny, talented, wonderful father, husband and brother”. She added: “I’ll miss him so much.”