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John-Paul Clark

Son of Celtic-fan mum who died of cancer at Hoops convention in Vegas to bring ashes home

The grieving son of a Celtic fan who died after being rushed to hospital from a Hoops convention in Las Vegas has told how he will fly home with his mum's ashes.

Kevin Martin, 32, was packing his suitcase for a flight to be by mum Ellen Cassidy's hospital bedside when he received a phone call to say the 54-year-old had passed away on Thursday night.

Celtic superfan Ellen had been given a shock cancer diagnosis after falling unwell at the Hoops event in America last week.

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