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Andrew Robinson & Tim Hanlon

Family's pride at 'kind and selfless' daughter, 15, who died from rare cancer

A mum has told how her 'kind and selfless' 15-year-old daughter took her cancer diagnosis "on the chin" and her family are proud at her courage she showed in the face of the illness to the end.

Phoebe Gibson died at home in Hartshead Moor, near Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, surrounded by her family last Sunday after first being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2019.

Her mum, Philippa, said Phoebe, who loved sports and animals, had faced her illness with courage and without asking "why me?"

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