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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Danny Rigg

Nan who served in WWII listened to 'Ferry Across The Mersey' in final days

A "happy-go-lucky" 100-year-old WWII veteran "thought she was 20" even in her final days.

Louisa Delacruz's daughter, Linda Robinson, played Elvis and Ferry Across The Mersey to her in her final hours on August 23, just two months before her 101st birthday. The 72-year-old said: "I was gutted. You're going to be, no matter what age they are.

"People say they've had a long life, yeah, but you're still going to miss them. But she had dementia and was in a care home, so I just missed her really. When they've got dementia, it's like you've already lost them because they don't know who you are. They always call it 'the long goodbye', don't they?"

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