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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
John Thompson & Ellen Kirwin

Jurgen Klopp's touching gesture for Liverpool fan before his death

A Liverpool fan has died with a touching letter he got from Jurgen Klopp in a frame by his bedside.

Bob Burns, originally from Courthope Road, Walton died on Monday, December 12, after collapsing with a brain clot just days before. The 67-year-old had survived two brain tumours but after a third was diagnosed recently Jurgen wrote a personal letter to him.

The letter was sent to him in Florida, where he moved almost 30 years ago with his American-born wife Dianne, after a friend contacted the club. Bob, who was an ex Liverpool ECHO newsman, was thrilled to receive the letter and put it in a frame beside his bed.

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