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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

Liverpool fan, 9, who was 'always smiling' dies the day after breaking his arm

A Liverpool fan who died the day after breaking his arm was "always happy and smiling."

Coby Kilgour was just eight months old when he was first taken to hospital and told he had a broken leg. But it wasn't until years later, aged three, that doctors discovered the real cause of the fracture was Gorham-Stout Disease - a rare bone disorder characterised by bone loss.

The nine-year-old suffered from multiple broken bones as a result of the condition and had to undergo numerous operations and attempts at treatment. Just six weeks before Coby's death, his cousin Amie Hornsby said the family were told there was nothing else doctors could do for him and he was referred for palliative care.

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