The daughter of football legend Frank McGarvey has bravely revealed her father's final days battling pancreatic cancer.The former Celtic and St Mirren legend passed away from the disease last January, aged 66.His daughter Jenny Kane has teamed up with Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland to fulfil the Celtic legend's dying wish - raising awareness of the disease.She said: "When Dad was diagnosed, he said to me, 'Jenny, we need to tell people about this'. "What we went through is not normal.
It is traumatic. We want to make sure no one else has to go through what our family has."As a family we are working with Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland to help raise awareness of pancreatic cancer."Pancreatic cancer is the deadliest of all common cancers, with a 5-year survival rate of 7.3%.
Each year over 900 people in Scotland are diagnosed with the disease. Around 26 people die from pancreatic cancer every day in the UK.
The former striker - who lifted the Scottish Cup with both Celtic and St Mirren - began feeling unwell in spring 2022.He suffered chest pains, lost his appetite and lost weight.