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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Abigail Nicholson & Todd Fitzgerald

'Beautiful soul' who 'lived for her children' dies aged 30 following airport collapse in Turkey

The heartbroken parents of a mum who died after collapsing at an airport have paid tribute to their daughter - a 'beautiful soul'. Melissa Kinsella collapsed at Antalya Airport in Turkey after suffering a heart attack while on holiday with partner, Jay Smith, his family and their three children - Chloe, nine, Beau, four, and Romi, two.

The 30-year-old, from Moreton, Wirral, was due to fly home on Monday, May 15, but was instead rushed to hospital, the Liverpool Echo reports. Doctors told her family she had swelling on her brain and heart.

Melissa was flown home by air ambulance and was rushed to Arrowe Park Hospital on May 24. Last Friday (Mary 26), Melissa died. Her mum, Michelle Heathcote, 51, and her husband, Steven, 52, spoke to the Echo to pay tribute to their 'loving and smart' daughter.

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