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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Liverpool fan, 6, dies surrounded by family as mum issues heartbreaking promise

A mum has made a promise to her six-year-old son after he died surrounded by his family following a battle with cancer.

Jayden Lamerton, was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour on January 5, 2023 after being taken to hospital when his parents notice his eye had "suddenly turned inwards" in December 2022. The little boy, who "always supported Liverpool", was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and was given nine months to one year to live.

On Tuesday, May 23, Jayden's mum issued a heartbreaking update on the "Jayden's army" Facebook group, to announce their little boy had died in the "secret garden".

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