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Daily Mirror
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Anna Willis & Bradley Jolly

Dad given eight months to live after brutal diagnosis - but he was dead within a week

A father died of cancer just days after he was given eight months to live.

Qasim Khan, 31, was diagnosed last year having suffered back pain. His health continued to deteriorate and, last month, doctors told Qasim he had just eight months to live.

But the dad of two passed away just six days later, devastating his family, who live in Barking, east London. Now his grieving relatives want to build a mosque in Qasim's name in the east London community.

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