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Daily Mirror
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Kyle O'Sullivan

DIY SOS family's disabled daughter tragically died two weeks before filming

Many families are deserving of DIY SOS's help - but the Chapman family have been through an agonising ordeal.

Dad Peter was building a much-needed extension for his family at their home in Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, when he received his own devastating diagnosis.

The 60-year-old former car mechanic and hospital porter spends 24/7 caring for his wife Sarah and daughter Suzanne, who are at different stages of a long-term genetic disorder called myotonic dystrophy.

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