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Radio 5 Live,2 mins

Terminally ill couple’s final goodbye

5 Live In Short

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The children of a terminally ill couple who died within five days of each other have released a heartbreaking image of their parents holding hands in hospital shortly before their Dad died. Julie Bennet and husband mike Mike leave behind Luke who's 21, 18-year-old Hannah, and 13 year old Oliver. Heather Heaton Gallagher is a family friend, she said: “They were that couple that you see who were so in love and together.” “Julie had cared for Mike for three years while he had a brain tumour, and then fell ill herself. They were both admitted to hospital, and the nurses moved their beds, so they could be together.” A fundraising campaign for three children who lost both of their parents to cancer in the space of a week has raised more than a hundred thousand pounds. This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 13 February 2017.

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