Tributes have been paid to a 'football mad' dad who died of coronavirus. Shaun Brady, passed away on May 16, after spending six weeks on a ventilator in intensive care.
The 55-year-old, from Hindley, in Wigan, had no underlying health conditions and was 'fit and healthy' before being taken ill on April 2, according to his family.
Doctors initially thought he had pneumonia but he was soon found to be suffering from coronavirus. As his condition took a turn for the worse on April 5, his daughters, Hannah, 24, and Tasha, 22, were told to say their goodbyes. "That was the last time we spoke to him," Hannah said. "He was unconscious the whole time he was in intensive care, The doctor warned us that there was not much chance of him coming off