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Daily Mirror
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Abigail O'Leary

Teacher planned funeral knowing she wouldn't make it as hundreds turn out in bucket hats

A young teacher who died weeks after developing cold and flu symptoms planned her own funeral, knowing she wouldn't make it.

Bethannie Booth, from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, died surrounded by her family on March 31 after being placed in an induced coma when she developed sepsis following a Strep A infection.

When Bethannie believed she wasn't going to make it, her family said she sent them texts setting out instructions for her own funeral, with bucket hats top of her list.

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