The family of a man who died in the early weeks of lockdown say their grief is still as raw as ever after not being able to give him the send off he deserved. David Cooper, 78, died in April 2020 after being diagnosed with bladder cancer which spread to his other organs.
His daughter Liz Daniels said lockdown restrictions prevented the family from organising an apt funeral for the popular grandad from Heath. As a result, she said the family still gets phone calls from old friends who aren’t aware he has died.
“He had bladder cancer which was cured, but it travelled to his lungs and his brain," Liz, 52, said. "He went into Velindre and in the last week of his life we went into lockdown and were told we wouldn’t be able to come in and see him. I knew he didn’t have long left so I managed to get everything in place so he could come home. On April 5, 2020 he died peacefully at home with his family… As the time is passing Mum is getting calls from old friends who didn’t even know he had died.”
