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Phoebe Fuller & Ryan Merrifield

Wife of tragic 'Traveller King' hits back at criticism of 37-tonne gravestone 'eyesore'

The wife of a popular traveller whose family erected a huge 37-ton gravestone in his memory has responded to those who criticised the mammoth monument.

Willy Collins - known as the Yorkshire Traveller King and Big Willy - passed away at just 49 while on a family holiday to Majorca.

The dad-of-nine had made a name for himself as a bare-knuckle boxer and as a result was well known in the Darnall area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

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