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Sophie Finnegan

Tributes paid to 'happy and cheeky' North Shields six-year-old who died from incurable cancer

A heartbroken family has paid tribute to a "happy and cheeky" six-year-old boy who died from incurable cancer.

Aaron Todd and Gemma O’Connell were told their beloved son Dylan O’Connell, then five, had leukaemia in May last year.

The disease was so aggressive that Dylan had to immediately start intensive chemotherapy, alongside blood and platelet transfusions and they were sadly told it was incurable just before Christmas. Tragically, the brave little boy lost his fight and passed away on June 15 leaving his parents and little sister Riley heartbroken.

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