A "popular and caring" former shopkeeper has died aged 59 following a heart attack after months of ill health. Jagir Singh Pannu, known locally near his home in Newport as Jay, died on July 30 after two weeks being treated at the University Hospital of Wales following a serious cardiac arrest on July 15.
Jagir's eldest child Bobby, 39, said his father was "caring, popular, helpful" and "the best man I have ever known". The father of four and grandfather of eight lived with his family in a six-bedroom house in Newport and was described as an "active and loving father and grandfather".
"When he came here from India in 1979 he came with absolutely nothing," Bobby said. "He stacked shelves at a fruit and veg store and worked his way up. In 2003 he took on a convenience store on Commercial Road in Pill, which he really loved. He got to know all the locals.
