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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jane Clinton

Family pay tributes to British man killed by a shark in Sydney

Simon Nellist and Jessie Ho
Diving instructor Simon Nellist was killed by a great white shark on Wednesday. He was due to marry his partner, Jessie Ho. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

The family of a British man killed by a shark in Australia have paid tribute to “a wonderful human being” who had a “rare gift” of connecting with people.

Simon Nellist, 35, died in the great white shark attack on Wednesday off Little Bay, east Sydney – the first fatal attack in Sydney for 60 years.

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