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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Aimi Redfern

'One-in-million' dad-to-be died before meeting newborn son after refusing Covid jab

The brothers of a fit and healthy man who died with coronavirus after refusing to be vaccinated have paid tribute to the "one-in-a-million" dad-to-be.

Marcus Birks, from Leek, died last summer after hitting headlines when he pleaded from his hospital bed for people to get the Covid jab.

The 40-year-old died in August before he got to meet his son, Blu Marcus, who was born in December.

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