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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

Boy, 3, dies suddenly while watching cartoons 'with no symptoms'

A family of a three-year-old boy have told how he wanted to watch cartoons before suddenly collapsing and dying of Strep A without having shown symptoms.

Theo Emm died at his home after falling seriously ill with the "silent killer", on February 18, having shown hardly any signs of illness.

He had been a "bit lethargic" the night before but was feeling better by the time he went to bed.

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