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Britain's 'biggest headstone' with CCTV and jukebox erected on grave of traveller king

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Britain's 'biggest headstone' weighing 37 tonnes and featuring a solar-powered jukebox has been erected on the grave of traveller king 'Big Willy Collins'.

Bare-knuckle boxer Willy, a dad-of-nine, died aged 49 after collapsing while on holiday with his family in Majorca in July 2020.

Now his mourning family have erected what is believed to be Britain's biggest headstone at a cemetery in Sheffield, Yorks.

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