Millionaire winner gave away most of it
DONALD’S N. WALES BROTHER ALSO WON £500K ON HIT SHOW
AWHO Wants To Be A Millionaire £1million prize winner has given away most of his winnings, it has been revealed.
Donald Fear became the first winner of the jackpot for 14 years when he answered 15 questions correctly in September last year.
The easier questions caused the retired history and politics teacher no issue, and he even kept his cool during the tougher stuff and rattled off the feat in record time.
His brother, Davyth Fear, who lives in Llanrug, near Caernarfon, had also won on the show, bagging £500,000 on a previous episode.
Now, it has been revealed that 58-year-old Donald has donated 70% of his huge prize to his muchloved relatives.
Despite the eye-watering sum, Mr Fear still leads a modest life at his home in Telford, Shropshire, driving his same beloved Nissan Juke and playing table tennis.
Mr Fear has, however, made some upgrades to his home to have new patio doors fitted, while he also bought a motorhome.
While initially carrying on with his job as head of history and politics at Haberdashers’ Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, in December decided he would retire two years early. He now hopes to travel once the coronavirus situation allows it.
He had an “exciting” last month with the arrival of his two grandsons, Oliver and Dylan.
Don, who also has a two-yearold granddaughter called Emily, told The Mirror: “Dylan’s parents were visiting us from Newton Abbot in Devon, just for a weekend, when Dylan decided to put in an appearance seven weeks early and was born in the Princess Royal Hospital at just 4lb 13oz.
“It was lovely and my wife was able to support our youngest daughter, Isabelle – Dylan’s mum – for a time afterwards.”
One thing that definitely hasn’t changed is his love of table tennis.
And his local club is open again after more than a year’s hiatus, a moment he has been looking forward to ever since the pandemic disrupted everybody’s lives.
He is now on a drive to encourage more people to pick up a bat and join in, as well as opening up the sport to those of all ages as well as people with disabilities.
It is a life-long passion, he explains, adding: “I’ve been playing since the age of about 16. They had table tennis at the sixth form I went to and I spent time playing there.
“In free periods we would play in the corridor.
“In the second year of sixth form we formed a league team and won our division.”