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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Robert Sutcliffe & Dan Haygarth

Dad felt sick for six days before heartbreaking death, aged 39

A wife has paid tribute to her husband - a Liverpool FC fan - who died just weeks after being told he had stomach cancer.

John Green was a fanatical Reds fan and had a season ticket at Anfield. He had been married to Jackie Green, 37, for eight years and they had been together for almost 18 years. The two have a nine-year-old son Stevie - named after Reds legend Steven Gerrard - together.

Just weeks after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, John died on May 9. Jackie told YorkshireLive that she had been overwhelmed by the response of their local community in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire.

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